This article actually interested me a lot, mainly because it attempted to show what the majority of people do when the look at art. One of the problems that I've always had with art is that I don't understand what the artist was trying to say. Like the people that the article was talking about, I always attempted to over analyze pieces and come up with some type of meaning behind everything. The problem with doing so, according to this article, is that many artists don't want us to look into some type of deep meaning.
"Today is such a time, when the project of interpretation is largely reactionary, stifling. Like the fumes of the automobile and of heavy industry which befoul the urban atmosphere, the effusion of interpretations of art today poisons our sensibilities."
I believe that this quote can pretty much sum up the whole article. We have become so involved with trying to create an image or illusion out of nothing. It really seems as if we must all just take a step back when we are viewing a work of art, and realize that maybe, just maybe, our first impression of it was correct.
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