art history,
what is it?
is it art or noise tapestry?
silence or resilience?
is it contro\l/ed by art policies or burocrarcy
supremacy or diplomacy?
is it decided by curators' mercy
or made by connoisseurs' money?
is it painted by previous history
make news by its currency?
is it frowned upon by the majority
or accepted by the minority?
is its success based on publicity
or praised by reviewers?
is it ignorance on mediocrity
& blessed by scarcity?
art history
what is it?
is it painting art in history
or painting history in art?
a page in the making of history
or a blank when don't make history?
art history
mysteries or miseries?
pages in history
or a destiny?
Lin Hsin Hsin
July 13, 1997