artspeak

Why not fund academic chairs in the new language - "artspeak" - to explain it all?

The Art Newspaper - RSS 2008

So here is the way it turned out, with the required "artspeak" Artist's Statement that describes the work NOTE: This is the first time I've tried to upload a video into this blog.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

Dear Nancy: Poor Mr. Baker can't seem to climb out of "artspeak" to save his life.

Sacred Arts of Bhutan 1: The Dragon's Gift sfmike 2009

Wiktionary defines "artspeak" as "the specialist vocabulary associated with art and artists."

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

Everyone claims to hate artspeak, yet it doesn't seem in any danger of becoming a lost language anytime soon.

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

I designed the quiz below to see if you can tell the difference between actual quotes from an art magazine and those from two random artspeak generators.

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

The "real" art quotes I found by searching the online archives of a leading national art magazine using keywords from my randomly generated artspeak.

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

I designed the quiz below to see if you can tell the difference between actual quotes from an art magazine and those from two random artspeak generators.

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

Wiktionary defines "artspeak" as "the specialist vocabulary associated with art and artists."

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011

The "real" art quotes I found by searching the online archives of a leading national art magazine using keywords from my randomly generated artspeak.

Jane Chafin: Artspeak Quiz: Real or Randomly Generated? Jane Chafin 2011