Yesterday, Stage Name and the slippery seals [RR] of the artist/author/creator's name in translation.
Today, across the matrix way, the WOA untethered:
In fact, artists naming their own works at all is a fairly recent phenomenon; for hundreds of years, art historians used descriptions instead of official titles to identify specific works. It’s unclear when exactly naming an artwork became so important to the artist that created it, but these days, even WikiHow has a guide on “How to Title Your Work of Art.”
The extracts above and below are from
Six Famous Paintings that Were Given New Names
by Elena Goukassian in today's Hyperallergic.
Picasso ... called his 1907 painting Le Bordel Philosophique, or more simply, mon bordel. But in 1916, when it was displayed for the first time at André Salmon’s Salon d’Antin, Antin labelled it
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Although the reference to the famous Carrer d’Avinyo brothels in Barcelona was clear, Picasso was annoyed by the prudishness of the word “demoiselles” (young ladies).
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
LabelTitle
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
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