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Does Art Need Explaining?

If art has no fixed meaning, then the audience can sometimes lost

Photo by Alexander Schimmeck on Unsplash

When we walk around art galleries, we see works of art: paintings hanging on the walls and sculptures arranged across the space. Sometimes installations and performances too. The first questions are usually the same: What does it mean? What are these things trying to tell us? What is the purpose here?

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