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Brush-off
The negative probably outweighs whatever positive comes of it"
is a direct quote from your own post. Sorry you don't want to discuss it.
is a direct quote from your own post. Sorry you don't want to discuss it.
Brush-off
My digitalmediatree blog isn't unorganized--you found the exact language I was talking about.
I couldn't disagree more with these statements:
>>The critic's purpose is to crit & publish those crits. The artist's purpose is to create and exhibit those creations (and sell them). The critic may hinder the artist's purpose. When that happens, the artist isn't happy... is that a surprise?"
Artists aren't uninvolved with the process of explaining and defending their work. They write (or approve) press releases, recruit critical proponents...
Some critics are also artists, and their words are not the typical institutional "one way" argument. Especially words on their blogs.
You say the negative effect of criticism on an artist's market outweighs the positive effects of criticism.
Yet many of art movements were defined by "negative" criticism--e.g., Impressionism, Fauvism--and now have enormous markets.
You didn't say critics should shut up, nor did I say you said that.
Your words "total bullshit," "BS," and "naive" are emotional and don't contribute anything to this discussion.
I couldn't disagree more with these statements:
>>The critic's purpose is to crit & publish those crits. The artist's purpose is to create and exhibit those creations (and sell them). The critic may hinder the artist's purpose. When that happens, the artist isn't happy... is that a surprise?"
Artists aren't uninvolved with the process of explaining and defending their work. They write (or approve) press releases, recruit critical proponents...
Some critics are also artists, and their words are not the typical institutional "one way" argument. Especially words on their blogs.
You say the negative effect of criticism on an artist's market outweighs the positive effects of criticism.
Yet many of art movements were defined by "negative" criticism--e.g., Impressionism, Fauvism--and now have enormous markets.
You didn't say critics should shut up, nor did I say you said that.
Your words "total bullshit," "BS," and "naive" are emotional and don't contribute anything to this discussion.
Let It Spin
Great responses, thanks. Other things to consider:
1. is chock-a-block with the fruits of inordinately long websurfing sessions
but sometimes just dumping files, which looks like work but is lazy
2. hilarious if sometimes unnerving audio loops
autoplaying embedded files on surf blogs is easy "transgression"--pushing art at people
3. shameless resizes calling for inconsistent page widths
obscuring what you're trying to say in posts that aren't about "breaking the boundaries
1. is chock-a-block with the fruits of inordinately long websurfing sessions
but sometimes just dumping files, which looks like work but is lazy
2. hilarious if sometimes unnerving audio loops
autoplaying embedded files on surf blogs is easy "transgression"--pushing art at people
3. shameless resizes calling for inconsistent page widths
obscuring what you're trying to say in posts that aren't about "breaking the boundaries
Brush-off
MTAA:
Re: your "liking" artist smackdowns.
That's funny, when I discussed Cory Arcangel's Team show on my blog a while back one of you was very concerned about criticism destroying an artist's market.
I guess it depends on who is doing the smacking and who's getting smacked.
Re: your "liking" artist smackdowns.
That's funny, when I discussed Cory Arcangel's Team show on my blog a while back one of you was very concerned about criticism destroying an artist's market.
I guess it depends on who is doing the smacking and who's getting smacked.
