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Information Overload: on the superabundance of research-based art
- j8ck 3y agoResonates. My approach to museums and exhibitions had previously been to meticulously explore every item, but this is impractical, anxiety inducing, and exhausting. Now I flow through stopping when something grabs my attention, unbothered by not catching every detail.
- IIAOPSW 3y agoFor me not so much. Maybe I'm just that detached from the modern art world to find it wholly alien. I can't quite tell if the author has a point or if they are just curating some trends for us to think on. Maybe the lack of direct point is the point?
- xoac 3y agoAuthor is a well known art theorist, and she's critiquing a type of contemporary art. If you're detached from contemporary art this essay is not really for you.
- wolverine876 3y agoI find something that looks likely, and spend ~20+ minutes on it. It's revelatory and even that is a short time: think how long the artist spent on it, how long the artist thought about it. In some senses, viewing a painting for 20 minutes is like reading a book in 20 minutes.