Interpretation Reading

Entry By: John Pedlow

This reading was something completely different than most things I've read about that concern art. This is because this reading talked about how we as a society try to over analyze art and interpret its meaning. This reading said how sometimes this is not what we should be doing and in fact some art is meant to just be taken at face value and not looked into and interpreted. Some of the genres of art that get away from interpretation are Abstract painting, pop art and some French poetry. This was incredibly interesting for me to read because I've always heard growing up you have to look at art and try to find its true meaning. Well according to this reading that is not always true. Also this reading talked about movies and how they have not been interpreted yet because of how relatively new cinema is and also how good movies free us from our need to interpret. So overall this reading was a breath of fresh air because it made me feel good about not being able to interpret art because sometimes that is just what the artist wanted.