[lbo-talk] Imperial Chickens Come Home to Roost

[Miles Jackson]

Chuck Grimes wrote:
> ``I can't think of many contemporary artists who speak about their work 
> in a way that communicates anything...'' Dennis Claxton
> 
> Yes, that whole mentality made art education a joke. And it pissed me 
> off as a student. Sitting in a seminar was a bore. 

I'm not following this.  Expecting visual artists to say/write something 
interesting about their work is like expecting musicians to communicate 
something interesting about their work by doing a watercolor painting. 

  Visual artists aren't trained to be writers or lecturers, so I don't 
really expect to get much enlightenment from them about the meaning of 
the work they produce.  The important, tangible thing is the art work 
itself; what the artist has to say about it is more or less irrelevant.

Miles