art is hard.

[your_seeser]

Words have visual, graphic and phonetic qualities, often unrelated to their meaning.

This concept is demonstrated by Ed Ruscha’s gunpowder sketches of words like salt, soup and pools. (See http://lauraswordoftheday.blogspot.com/

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[lookingabove]

I am so with you on thought #2. The opposite occasions are one of my most passionate dislikes in the art world, with modern art pieces my main issue of argument. I hate, HATE looking at something and then realizing that it has a five paragraph write up posted on the wall next to it to explain why it's such a compelling, complex, and meaningful statement of society-changing art. They leave me feeling uninspired. Even scornful.