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1. Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction
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This is an ok way of thinking about it...but if you really do want to appreciate it, OP, it is more than possible. Unfortunately (perhaps, although I like this aspect of it) contemporary art often ends up being more about (an) idea(s) than it is about the art object itself. If you walk in to a contemporary art gallery or museum without any prior knowledge, in reality you're not going to get much out of it. But if you want to go "beyond" your immediate, wholly personal reaction to a work, I'd say you need to bring other texts, other understandings of that work in to dialogue with what you see. Meaning...go check out some books on the topic of contemporary art. General beginners guides, like [Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Stallabrass] (http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Art-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/0192806467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341956544&sr=8-1&keywords=introduction+to+contemporary+art). The truth is that contemporary art is highly theoretical, and often refers to much more art history and theory than any period before it. Learn more about what these works refer to and you will find you get a flood of information coming at you when you look at a work. It's worth it!
Huh. I don't think I've ever heard those terms. To me what you're describing sounds like a mix of psychoacoustics, phonology, and semantics.
For psychoacoustics a great start would be a relatively recent text like Music in the Human Experience (Hodges and Sebald). For your purposes, chapters 8 and 9 would be relevant ("Music Cognition" and "Music and the Brain", respectively).
I realize that you're not looking exclusively for music-related literature on this topic, which is why I suggested you also look into some phonological literature. This I can't point you toward, as the extent of my knowledge on the subject goes little further than a linguistics crash course in university.
If you're looking for historical philosophical writings on the topic, I've got nothing. I'm far from an expert on this topic. But I hope this helps!
Perhaps this Wikipedia page might feel more complete if mentioned Islamic Geometric Patterns.
I really enjoyed following along in Eric Broug's Islamic Geometric Patterns. The experience of creating these designs in Illustrator was amazing.