UngilUndy
UngilUndy t1_je9jn0b wrote
Reply to You might like paintings more if you stop to read the gallery labels - people high in openness, and those with limited art experience, liked paintings more after reading information about the artist and their technique. by Litvi
Depends on how the information is written. It is often composed more out of a sense of pretension than of any desire to communicate.
I much prefer historical context to some "the artist explores spacialities in composition and intertwines content with emptiness in a pattern-centric manner" gargle.
UngilUndy t1_jedibqs wrote
Reply to comment by ViennettaLurker in You might like paintings more if you stop to read the gallery labels - people high in openness, and those with limited art experience, liked paintings more after reading information about the artist and their technique. by Litvi
What about the example I gave communicates the artist's intent though? It's not a verbatim take but I've seen a good chunk of art labelled with such weasel words. The term "spacialities" in particular really annoys me as it is as good as saying "the work takes place in a place". To quote another response I got, it's pseudo-academic blabber.