21 min

Language and Art are Like Oil and Water Art Shorts

    • Visual Arts

Artists inherently have an anxiety when talking about their work. I should say genuine artists do. Artists who don't have that fear have elevated the language around their work to a level that supersedes the visual experience. Artist who make work to communicate visually because that is what they know are working from a place where language isn't necessary. So why does the artist have to inject this? 

Artists inherently have an anxiety when talking about their work. I should say genuine artists do. Artists who don't have that fear have elevated the language around their work to a level that supersedes the visual experience. Artist who make work to communicate visually because that is what they know are working from a place where language isn't necessary. So why does the artist have to inject this? 

21 min