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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Visual Art The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator

Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:25 AM

I will not write sentences like this.
I will not write sentences like this.
I will not write sentences like this.

"This" being what I just got out of the Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator using a simple 13579 for digits:

With regard to the issue of content, the optical suggestions of the purity of line notates the exploration of montage elements.

John Baldessari painting, 1966-68, 114 by 96 inches

John Baldessari painting, 1966-68, 114 by 96 inches

UPDATE: Also related, Cris Bruch's tortured response to a commission.

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I will simply note that ZIP codes meet the five-digit requirement, and may well produce a karmically relevant result.

Also, love the disclaimer: "Please use this product responsibly." But of course!

Posted by rob!

on February 24, 2010 at 12:08 PM

I am surprised that "spot on" and " one of the best of" didn't make the cut. My favorite idiotic blurb analyzing a creative work is: "It's like a one-way ticket to someplace else!"

Posted by Demetria on February 24, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Fear not, Jen: you write very lucidly.

Posted by TVDinner

on February 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM

Haha! I always said art writing was complete bullshit. I wish I had this in college, so instead of pulling statements like this out of my ass, I could have just had the internets do it for me....*sigh*

Posted by More, I Say! on February 24, 2010 at 12:50 PM