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Originally Posted by racehorse
in this case i think porkmarras is referring to visual art, as the title of the thread refers to "canvas"....
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I was getting at the fact that art in the greater sense transcends medium. In this sense, performance, canvas, tape... all irrelevant.
I would defend words used in visual art only if the words used elicit a greater or more specific meaning of the rest of the painting that the artist would like to convey but couldn't through ordinary means. If the words have absolutely no relevance to the central depiction or is the central depiction, I would not consider it visual art. Instead, it would be literature/poetry.