by Jasmyne Keimig • Dec 22, 2020 at 3:20 pm
It s been 12 months and I m still thinking about this instance of artspeak at the Frye Art Museum. JKIf you ve ever read a gallery press release or an art label, you ve spent at least a few moments confounded by some off-the-rails descriptions. Sponsored Enjoy 25% off every day on The Hollingsworth Cannabis Co. Find it only at Uncle Ike’s! Hovering at the threshold of recognition, Brewer s work teases the mind s impulse to identify recognizable shapes and discern hierarchies of information, read one gallery label this year. I remember standing in the museum for several seconds, unable to understand what Hovering at the threshold of recognition meant, much less what it had to do with delicate, fabric sculptures. That, mates, is artspeak.