Sunday, March 7, 2010
3.7.10 – Art Criticism
For a while I was really annoyed that I was still stuck here in the Cincinnati area longer than I planned, which caused me to stop going to galleries and events. Of course, that just isolated me more and increased my frustration. I finally got to a place where I decided if I was going to be stuck here I should at least see what’s going on, so have been making up for lost time.
I’ve also gone back to reading more articles on the arts. Art reviews and criticism can be interesting, but it tends to be, a great deal of the time, from a very narrow mindset. I find it interesting to hear from other non-art critic voices.
My thanks to Russell Ihrig and Donnie for their involvement.
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This is so refreshing!
ReplyDeleteI mostly avoid artsy events (had my fill), but from now on,
when I do go, I am going to employ doggie art criticism:
Can I eat it? Would it be fun to chew?
I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I worked for an art college for six years (which is actually how I met Russell from the clip when he was a student there), so that probably added to my feelings of aggravation and jadediness, which is lifting a bit now.
ReplyDeleteI recently did a short video interview with another artist who had a very colorful show and utilized images of his cat. While we were there, one of the staffers commented how a local boy scout troup really enjoyed the show and wanted to play with the objects, which caused me to start thinking about how the non-typical art audience can view an exhibition in a completely different way.
Oh--we both worked at art colleges.
ReplyDeleteI liked it, but yeah, it certainly made me very wary of the "art world."
When someone wants to play with the art, that's a good sign!
As a dog-lover, I always notice when there's a dog in a commercial film, because I feel it shows the director was willing to deal with the bother to make a more "humane" film.
I think for me it was more of an issue of my boss, who I couldn't stand, and that the job really wasn't a good fit for me. I do miss being around the students. Their energy could be very contagious.
ReplyDeleteWanting to interact with the art in any way is probably a good thing these day.
I loved being around the students too.
ReplyDeleteWhen I quit, it was a bit shocking to be around humans who didn't think creating (all sorts of creating) was a normal everyday activity.
That's part of what I like about your blog---it normalizes moviemaking.
We don't have to be James Cameron or have his budget to be filmmakers!
Thanks, Fresca. You might enjoy Twyla Tharp's book "The Creative Habit," if you haven't already read it. She really emphasizes the importance of the boring, daily "getting the work done," of going to the gym everyday and building routine. It doesn't sound nearly as exciting as we often think of the lives of creative stars, but it does, as you point out, normalize them and make the creative life more attainable and less airy fairy. I'm sure even James Cameron has more boring moments than Oscar ones.
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