Marcia Kindlmann on mon 17 nov 97
Subject: artspeak spoof
Vince wrote,
> Several years ago CM had a wonderful item in the "Comments" section. It
> was a generic artist's statement or review (I cannot remember which),
> and each time an adjective appeared, in parentheses there was a
> collection of possible choices. It was hillarious. I have been hoping
> I would come across that issue again, so I could show it to my students,
> but no luck so far. If any of you come across it please email me the
> year and month, or post it to the list. - Vince
page 94 in the Dec. '95 CM has that menu, in Michael Stoy's essay "A Guide to
Serious Art for Newcomers."
Marcia in Guilford CT
(I found this quickly because of those wonderful brown wrappers on CM
allowing readers to write their own index of favorites)
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