From:
"Bill Urmenyi" <bill@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:51:03 -0000
Subject:
cultural relevance
Norman
Well it's like this. One can but there isn't a great deal of point. The
problem lies with the notion of ambiguity.
If a work, in any material, is unambiguous, it becomes by its very nature
boring. It is simply making a statement. We have moved beyond that. Artists
want to make you think, to see things differently and to question what you
experience. We all bring our own experience to a work when we view it, so to
make it unambiguous is counterproductive. Again this is a personal view and
does not necessarily reflect the views of the art world in general. It is a
matter of whether a work is open or closed. Will it let you bring your own
experience to bare on a work or is it closed to you. You really want
different people to see different things in the same work.
I hope that this helps.
Bill Urmenyi
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