journal-critique

Focus Question: What is critique? How is a critique useful? What is the function of art critics?

obvious why we had this question this week -- we had our midterm critiques this week. joy. for once no artists...

a critic is someone who analysis a work. it's useful so that an artist can see how someone other than him- or herself can get an understanding of how that work is viewed. sometimes the symbolism is too specific to the artist himself and a work's meaning can't be truly understood by someone else. sometimes there's a flaw in technique that's detracting from the rest of the piece. etc.

and as great as being evaluated by teachers and peers is, as far as i can tell... the function of art critics in the more professional world is to determine which artists become well known and which ones don't. honest opinion.