Tuesday, August 23, 2005
So... how do you become an art critic?
Readers of ArtsJournal.com saw an interseting posting this morning - an interview with The Nation's art critic, Arthur Danto (if you missed it, you can find it here). It's interesting to note that Danto was a painter before deciding to pursue philosophy (and wierd that he compares himself to Lana Turner at one point...), and I hope you're interested in his ideas about how we're all practicing after the end of art. Strangely enough the Boston Globe is accepting applications for the position of art critic (see the sidebar of artsjournal, which frequently posts opportunities and professional news). Enjoy.
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I wonder if the end of art, anything goes idea applies to writing art criticism. If so, we could apply for that Boston globe job as a class, and try on all of the writing styles in the Rubenstein article from Topics class.
Hello everyone. SO I have been brainstorming about what to write about this fall and I have to say that it is quite difficult to find books and articles that really relate to what I want to talk about. So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions for me. If you all remember, my summer work dealt with characters from classic fairytales. I have been free writing alot in my sketchbook and have decided that the reason I was having such a difficult time trying to create new depictions of these characters was, that these were all well established and "over-done" characters, and though I found them interesting they didn't have a true deeper connection to me. SO it was like I wasn't really creating anything new and personally tied to me. Does that make sense? So I had this idea to maybe start writing short stories and create my own drawings for these stories and then eventually create three-dimensional sculptures of the drawings. This is something I'm really excited about and I think because the stories will be of my own creation that the content and context in the sculptural pieces will be clearer.(could i have used the word "create" any more in that paragraph?)
SO, I have been thinking about looking into Mythology, figure drawing, cartooning, and even caricature drawing, but all the books I find are "how to..." books and collections of stories, and thats not what i really want. I'm more interested in how myths and fables came to be told; thier history. And I guess Im looking for a good book or article on ceramics and sculture and figure and character creation in ceramics. Alot huh? Well if anyone has any input it will be more then helpfull I'm sure. Let me know! Thanks!!
Deb, I like your ideas, I too have been thinking a bit about fairytales, and more specifically morals, it seems like our world could get something from reading classic, fairytale morals. My favorite fairytale books as a kid were the "Serindipity" stories, they are not as well known but they're solid stories. Maybe researching those fairytales that have fallen by the wayside might be an approach for you? Good Luck.
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