The Crit is a student seminar where a collective critique is given to art work at the California Institute of the Arts.
The value of the critique:
- Mary Kelly (a feminist conceptual artist at UCLA) hosts an alternative group critique where the only person who is not allowed to speak is the presenting artist.
- William E. Jones (a filmmaker): He feels crits prepare students for a professional career because, "negotiating interviews, conversations with critics, press releases, catalogues, and wall texts are part of the responsibility of the artists."
- Dave Hickey (an art critic): "My one rule ... is that I do not do group crits. They are social occasions that reinforce the norm."
Sarah Thornton was looking for answers to the Big Questions by attending the "crit":
The Big Questions are:
- What do artist learn at art school?
- What is an artist?
- How do you become one (an artist)?
- What makes a good one (an artist)?
The responses to the first three questions were wide ranging. But, all the answers to the fourth question was about "hard work." The author feels that Paul Schimmel (chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) had stated it well:
With Talent:
- you need to work with it
- you may need to struggle with it
- you need to take command of it
--"that often makes for very good art."
Quoting Sarah Thornton: "If effort and persistence are essential to becoming a good artist, the work ethic of this marathon crit is bound to be good training."
- "Although Michael Asher has a steady museum career, the real importance of his art lies in the way it has inspired a dynamic oral culture."
- About Asher and the Post-Studio crit: "a minimalist performance where the artist has sat, listened with care, and occasionally cleared his throat."
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