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>I find two main causes of bad labeling. The first is inadequate language
>skills (often, I suspect, the result of overexposure to artspeak and
>academicalese). The second is ignorance of the subject of the exhibition.
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>     Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA

I DOUBT if "overexposure" to "artspeak and academicalese" is the root cause
of poor language skills.  Rather, any deficiency in verbal ability is
aggravated by reliance on a vocabulary one doesn't *quite* understand.  Who
hasn't read labels, articles, etc. that abuse "artspeak"?  Overuse of a
specialized lexicon is inevitably alienating to a non-academic audience.
However, rest assured there ARE people who understand and use properly the
aforementioned "academicalese."  It has a place, even if that place is not on
a wall label.