Get Reviewed!

Although this event happened a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to call attention to it, for if it happens again, I would urge you to participate. Lori is a very cool person and has a great eye.

PRESS RELEASE

60 WRD/MIN ART CRITIC, LORI WAXMAN, TO PERFORM AT DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL. OCTOBER 15-16, 2005, 12-6 P.M., 55 WASHINGTON STREET, 9TH FLOOR, BROOKLYN. BRIEF, SERIOUS REVIEWS GUARANTEED TO ALL ARTISTS ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

The short review is at once a challenge, an insult, a record, and a piece of advertising. Its purpose is debatable and arguably quite different for the various parties involved: the writer gets a tear sheet, a couple of bucks, and some editorial gratification; the reader, in the best case scenario, gets a succinct, opinionated description of a body of work they probably did not see in person; and the artist gets published recognition and an entry for their bibliography. But think, for a moment, of the artist who has never been reviewed. Do you need a review to get a show? You need a show to get a review.

Installed in vacated offices overlooking the Manhattan bridge, Lori Waxman and her receptionist Frank Olive will receive artists in need of reviews between the hours of noon and six p.m. on Saturday, October 15, and Sunday, October 16. Reviews will be scheduled and written in twenty-minute increments between those hours and those hours only. Reviews will be signed, published, and ready for pick-up within the time frame of the exhibition. Artists whose work has been reviewed are invited to include mention of the text on their resume.

All submissions must be made in person and include adequate materials. Depending on the work to be reviewed, this may include but is not limited to: slides, printed matter, artist statement, brief biography. Documents that require a computer, projector, stereo, VCR, or any other media player for viewing or listening regrettably cannot be accepted. Time-based art is, however, otherwise welcome. Artists can maximize the time devoted to criticism by packaging their work in a succinct fashion. All materials will be returned to the artist in person upon completion of the review process.

Reviews are free of charge, but are not guaranteed to contain positive responses to the work submitted. Critics are not meant to be cheerleaders or educators or advertisers; they are opinionated, thoughtful, informed commentators. Or so they try.

For more information about the 60 wrd/min art critic, please contact lori.waxman@nyu.edu. Email requests for reviews cannot be answered.