Chapter 2: The Crit
"Group critiques offer a unique - some say "utopian" - situation in which everyone focuses on the student's work with a mandate to understand it as deeply as possible. Crits can also be painful rituals that resemble cross-examinations in which artists are forced to rationalize their work and defend themselves from a flurry of half-baked opinions that leave them feeling torn apart." p. 47
"...the prevailing belief is that any artist whose work fails to display some conceptual rigor is a little more that a pretender, illustrator, or designer." p. 53
"They are social occasions that reinforce the norm. They impose a standardized discourse. They privilege unfinished, incompetent art." -Dave Hickey p. 54
"Moreover artists often don't fully understand what they've made, so other people's readings can help them "see at a conscious level" what they have done." p. 55
"MFA stands for yet another Mother-Fucking Artist." p. 58
"Creative is definitely a dirty word....You Would not want to say it in Post Studio. People would gag! It's almost as embarrassing as beautiful or sublime or masterpiece. For these students, creativity as a "lovey-dovey cliche used by people who are not professionally involved with art." p. 63
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