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Meeting an art buff? Use this cheat sheet to keep up.

Updated on: Mar 2, 2013, 19:00:50 IST

Hindustan Times | By Rachel Lopez

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Meeting an art buff? Use this cheat sheet to keep up.

When they say
“I’ve been so fascinated with so-and-so’s new participatory project”
They mean
The artist didn’t want to do all the work himself, and certainly didn’t have the stomach to be responsible for all the criticism that might come his way. So he crowdsourced, and gave it a fancy name

When they say
“Did you see so-and-so’s mixed media works?”
They mean
So-and-so knows that oil on canvas is so 2011. So he’s using paper, clay, video, blood, goats and all the home delivery plastic dabbas his mother hoarded to make art

When they say
“There is a very inventive use of found objects in so-and-so’s work”
They mean
So-and-so really went looking for trash and has convinced you to pay `3.5 lakh for his best-from-waste project

When they say
“The site-specific installation is awesome”
They mean
If you took the work out of the location it is currently in, it would look stupid and be worth nothing

From HT Brunch, March 3

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Lopez
Rachel Lopez is a a writer and editor with the Hindustan Times. She has worked with the Times Group, Time Out and Vogue and has a special interest in city history, culture, etymology and internet and society.Read More

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