International Art English

For this blog entry I'm just going to post links to fascinating articles about the language and vocabulary used to describe contemporary artwork, the lingua franca of the artworld: artspeak, aka "International Art English."

The use of this language is a form of pretension.

If you're interested in "artspeak", where it came from, why it's so impenetrable, and the agenda behind it, please read these articles:

http://hyperallergic.com/66348/when-artspeak-masks-oppression/

http://canopycanopycanopy.com/16/international_art_english

And this article, which makes great observations, until the end when I disagree with the author's final conclusion....

http://frieze-magazin.de/archiv/features/auf-der-zunge/?lang=en