https://391.b00.mywebsitetransfer.com/discussion-annabel-daou/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 01:19:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 https://391.b00.mywebsitetransfer.com/discussion-annabel-daou/#comment-3138 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:26:44 +0000 http://artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org/?p=3870#comment-3138 Annabel responds: Can we say, then, that language breaks down hierarchies with respect to the relation between the work and its viewer? The egalitarian dimension of language certainly seems to account for its frequent use in social and political artworks. It might also be interesting, however, to think of instances in which language, despite its initial familiarity, has the potential to mystify or suggest the same impassivity that sometimes is experienced before purely visual works.

]]> https://391.b00.mywebsitetransfer.com/discussion-annabel-daou/#comment-3137 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:49:34 +0000 http://artequalstext.aboutdrawing.org/?p=3870#comment-3137 Language and image come from different parts of our brain. If you’re using language and words interchangeably, language is more direct, harder to ignore- it goes to a visceral place that feels familiar and establishes a clear connection between art and viewer. Because we depend on words and have them swirling around all the time, when you see a portion of a word or sentence in an art piece, you unconsciously finish it

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