Full Idea
Performative interpretation occurs only with certain arts, but critical intepretation pertains to all.
Gist of Idea
Interpretation is performance for some arts, and critical for all arts
Source
Richard Wollheim (Art and Its Objects [1968], 38)
A Reaction
Fairly obvious, but this is the first point to make about the concept of 'interpretation'. Does the word in fact have two meanings? Or do I perform a painting when I look carefully at it?
Book Reference
Wollheim,Richard: 'Art and Its Objects' [Penguin 1975], p.100