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Diane Gutenkauf <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 11 Sep 1996 18:07:12 EDT
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Janis is right. Buzzwords that mean something to the New York art elite mean
nothing to most of the rest of the country and most of the rest of the country
could care less.  Robbin appears to think that all "museum directors" are
working for art museums or have art backgrounds.  I think that history museum
jargon would mean about as much to the art museum patron as art jargon means to
the local audience for whom I write.

OK, Murph, you're way hip. Just don't jump on those of us who cared enough about
what you wrote to seek clarification.


Robbin Murphy wrote (in response to Janis Beth Wilkens)
>That a museum director would say this is one of the reasons Americans
> are so drawn to the immersive environments offered by Disney et al.

Janis Beth Wilkens wrote:
>  I just don't think folks in South Carolina (and probably a lot of other
places) are going to be attracted by >the latest New York art-world buzzwords!
If we can't describe our presentations in language the
>majority can understand, we will only enhance our "elitist" image.
>
>There are times and places where specialized language is appropriate.  Unless
aiming at a
>special audience, a museum production is just not one of them.


Gutenkauf

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