On Writing On Art

Is there something of a Marxist ideology here, after all?

There certainly seems to be something in the artificial cryptic-ness of museum 'speak' - The plaques and booklets that are so full of nothing. A kind of Art Big - You Small feel to it all, maintaining the status quo and mystique of a gallery, perhaps.

A kind of powerplay?

Saatchi is the case in point. 'Newspeak' indeed.

I read an article on the exhibition some time ago - "It's Big, But is it Clever?" Can't remember where though, or who wrote it. Title sums it up pretty efficiently anyway.