On the subject of adversarialness between critics and artists: I had a friend tell me once that while he understood if I felt strongly enough about his work to write a negative review about his work, I should know that if I did we would no longer be friends. In a perfect world that wouldn't be the case, but generally speaking I assume an artist will be pissed if I say something negative in a public forum. Who wouldn't? The variable of course is how long that anger lasts.
Not that I need to explain this, but personally I prefer to run the risk of someone getting angry with me and be friends with artists because I feel like I understand their work and their objectives better if I am. I don't trust a lot critics precisely because they aren't steeped in artist culture and aren't forced to consider the work past how it exists in a 300 word write up.
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Not that I need to explain this, but personally I prefer to run the risk of someone getting angry with me and be friends with artists because I feel like I understand their work and their objectives better if I am. I don't trust a lot critics precisely because they aren't steeped in artist culture and aren't forced to consider the work past how it exists in a 300 word write up.
- Paddy 6-08-2007 2:55 am