You should all have a copy of the required book, Seven Days in the Art World. By Wednesday September 30th, you should read chapter 2 and create a post about it. We don't need you to review the book or the topics, but instead create a bullet-point list of 5 or 10 topics of interest brought up in this chapter. These can be direct quotes, your thoughts, a circumstance, questions, or comments or any other point of interest.
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For those who have not bought the book yet, you can see the entire text online via Google Books.
ReplyDeleteInteresting quotes:
ReplyDelete- "Crits can also be painful rituals that resemble cross-examinations in which artist are forced to rationalized their work and defend themselves from a flurry of half-baked opinions that leave them feeling town apart." pg 47
- "The work you do as an artist is really play, but it is a play in the most serious sense...You are materializing-taking something from the inside and putting it out into the world so you can be relieved of it." pg 52
- Different views on group crits:
"Hickey says 'If you are not sick, don't call the doctor'- Many believe that artist shouldn't be obliged to explain their work!" pg 54
- "When artist are put on the spot, Jones feels, it helps them 'develop thick skins and come to see criticism as rhetoric rather than personal attack." pg 55
- "Never go to the wall text. Never ask the artist. Learn to read the work" pg 54-55
Funny quotes:
- "He certainly gives you enough rope to hang yourself" pg 57
- "MFA stands for yet another Mother-Fucking Artist."
Hi Angela,
ReplyDeleteYou should post your interesting quotes on your blog too. Best,
Megan
does anyone know what happened on google books??? all of the chapters were available before, now only chapter two and the intro is. :( sad face
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