"The artist may misperceive (understand it differently from the artist) a work of art but still be set off in his own chain of thought by that misconstrual"
I have always had the understanding that a work of art cannot be misperceived (especially conceptual art). But rather, a piece of art is there for the viewer to perceive it however he may. When considering a piece of art, every person sees the work differently. Every person is seeing the piece in a different context from everyone else, therefore a piece of art is impossible to misperceive. What I came to understand because of the rest of the quotes is that a piece of art is not an object. The object is part of the piece of art but the piece as a whole involves the idea, the process, the failures, and the end result. The end result is then there as a portal to ones own ideas. The artist provides the viewer with the tools for thought and it is up to the receiver to make use of those tools. That being said, I agree with the last part of this quote but question the claim that a piece of art can be misperceived.
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