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4 months ago in Architecture By Daniel
Does the artist get the final say on what their art means?
If I paint something, do I get to decide what its boundaries are what it is and isn't forever?
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By Pavitra Answered 7 months ago
You get the first say, not the last. You have moral rights; no one can slap a mustache on your painting and call it theirs. But the actual, physical realization of your work is constrained by budgets, physics, and gallery contracts. And once it's out in the world, the meaning is negotiated. Critics interpret it, curators frame it, the public projects onto it. You started the conversation, but you don't get to moderate it forever.
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