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About artists and serious books, Robert Storr sees a divide.
There are some artists who read theory seriously but not all that many.
Increasingly, however, artists treat books as objects. They empty them out or roll them like stones against the mouth of a cave.
Some of them is, I think. Reading, reading seriously, and reading theory are all different things, right? Reading poetry is a serious pleasure, as you certainly know. Reading fiction and ancient tales are pretty enriching too. Theory? boring really. The best art breathes like we do, like we’ve been doing for generations. I think that’s what Storr says if one digs in. He prefers art that leads with the heart (the lungs) and the eye. Don’t tell Marcel about the latter.