@knerble It’s true, I just wouldn’t want people to internalize that compositions that are more impactful in a social media context are better/ more worth pursuing than ones that are less so
@shin_kale_rider The heuristic for promoting worthwhile discussions by avoiding talking about the author too much and the key insight that the author is not needed and does not have final say are not exactly the same
@shin_kale_rider More important as an idea to avoid the apparent closure of the meaning of a work than as a rule to always follow. The word of the author has reasonable privilege in some respects but it is not final
@ProtonInspector It confuses me to criticize him for not considering his audience correctly when choosing his words, as if people on twitter always speak in a way that everyone can understand if their post randomly gains a lot of attention
@alextorresano It seems clear that the second option is better, but I can imagine a frame that reflects the domestic architecture of the painting also suiting it. Moreno is so delicate that in general it is better not to distract from the painting
@ThussYvonne I liked an essay about Alex Katz that described his flat and deliberate but not meticulous paint handling as a kind of dandyism, which could apply to Manet too
@ThussYvonne Well stated. It’s a quality of his work that has made me ask “what do we do with this?” but you have outlined a good direction. His still lifes are also very beautiful for their paint handling, the food seems superficially frosting-covered in a related way
@RotIdeologist You are right. I guess a jury is a convenient place to articulate that kind of vision, where the individual standing and what is at stake for the participants can be set aside. There is not an indication that when everyone returns to their lives, it all goes back out the window