Susan Sontag wrote a famous essay in 1966 about this: "Against Interpretation" [1], arguing exactly the same thing as OP's link does: >Sontag is strongly avers

Susan Sontag wrote a famous essay in 1966 about this: "Against Interpretation" [1], arguing exactly the same thing as OP's link does: >Sontag is strongly averse to what she considers to be contemporary interpretation, that is, an overabundance of importance placed upon the content or meaning of an artwork rather than being keenly alert to the sensuous aspects of a given work and developing a descriptive vocabulary for how it appears and how it does whatever it does. and >Sontag asserts that the modern style is quite harmful; to art and to audiences alike, enforcing hermeneutics- fallacious, complicated “readings” that seem to engulf an artwork, to the extent that analysis of content begins to degrade, to destroy. Reverting back to a more primitive and sensual, almost magical experience of art is what Sontag desires Edit: You can read the whole thing here: http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/sontag-againstinterpretation.html http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/sontag-againstinterpretatio... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Interpretation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Interpretation