To the editor:
Re: “Artspeak offers artificial value,” March 14.
I laughed and laughed reading your article about contemporary “artspeak” and those kinds of sentences one reads over and over only to come to the dead end of no meaning at all.
There is a feeling of being scammed big time.
So can you imagine if you were a visual artist and were asked to write up an “artist’s statement.”
When I wrote one for my website and for subsequent shows I really had to dig deep to come up with something that spoke of why I did this thing painting, what it meant to me, how it might be a contribution of any sort. Please take a look at what I wrote: nylasunga.com
And if you have a chance, please drop in at the Cultch to see my upcoming exhibit Rhythm Stories, my way of paying tribute to the personalities and world I came to know in my years living, working, and giving birth in some remote areas of Africa.
Thanks for your article. It still makes me chuckle thinking of it.
Nyla Sunga,
Vancouver
