Feminist Image Group (FIG) is a coalition of artists who meet to organize exhibitions, discuss art, see exhibitions, and support one another in our careers.
We promote an inclusive worldview that allows all voices.
As friends, we aid each other in our creative and curatorial endeavors.
This is the crux of the problem that continues to plague the art community in San Diego. We need a bona fide and credible arts writer/critic to cover the scene with intelligence and relevancy. You can fill up as many "Sketchbook's" as you want, it will never compare to the likes of a Barbara Rose, Lucy Lippard, Chris Kraus, Anaïs Nin etc. etc.
I would be happy to do an article, as I've done before, about artists -- regardless of gender, age, artistic style, mindset, etc. The important thing for me is to allow artists a platform and to talk about their art and NOT to impose a framework on that art.
This goes to my specifically avoiding the label or approach of an art 'critic.' I see this blog as an opportunity to do art 'commentary.' For me, the 'critic' sets her- or him-self up as knowing better. That is a challenge when the art world has become pluralistic -- what Danto referred to as the 'end of art.' What comes after post-modern? It's all a kaleidoscope, a cornucopia -- which makes it problematic to be an art 'critic.' I don't have a good answer to what such a person might be -- especially when I see the Wizard of Oz behind many of those writings.
Not sure what you mean by the Wizard of Oz "behind many of those writings." Anyway, what is being written here in SD is just that, commentary. I truly believe it does not help or inform the reader, there is an over abundance of "commentary" sans relevance or intelligence published on a daily basis. Trim the fat and get to the essence of what we're writing about - the art.
What I meant by the 'Wizard of Oz' is that what art critics command/write often is like pulling back the curtain in the movie the Wizard of Oz and finding a pretty banal explanation. More bark than bite.
However, you might want to read Douglas Martin's review (aka Baudelaire Shepherd) review of the What Women Want exhibit and my response to give a more accurate read on what my thoughts are. I'd be interested in your reaction to the contrast between art criticism and art commentary after you read those comments at SignOnSanDiego.
"There is no WRITING about the art."
ReplyDeleteThis is the crux of the problem that continues to plague the art community in San Diego. We need a bona fide and credible arts writer/critic to cover the scene with intelligence and relevancy. You can fill up as many "Sketchbook's" as you want, it will never compare to the likes of a Barbara Rose, Lucy Lippard, Chris Kraus, Anaïs Nin etc. etc.
Lori and Picked RAW Peeled:
ReplyDeleteI would be happy to do an article, as I've done before, about artists -- regardless of gender, age, artistic style, mindset, etc. The important thing for me is to allow artists a platform and to talk about their art and NOT to impose a framework on that art.
This goes to my specifically avoiding the label or approach of an art 'critic.' I see this blog as an opportunity to do art 'commentary.' For me, the 'critic' sets her- or him-self up as knowing better. That is a challenge when the art world has become pluralistic -- what Danto referred to as the 'end of art.' What comes after post-modern? It's all a kaleidoscope, a cornucopia -- which makes it problematic to be an art 'critic.' I don't have a good answer to what such a person might be -- especially when I see the Wizard of Oz behind many of those writings.
Joe Nalven
Not sure what you mean by the Wizard of Oz "behind many of those writings." Anyway, what is being written here in SD is just that, commentary. I truly believe it does not help or inform the reader, there is an over abundance of "commentary" sans relevance or intelligence published on a daily basis. Trim the fat and get to the essence of what we're writing about - the art.
ReplyDeleteWhat I meant by the 'Wizard of Oz' is that what art critics command/write often is like pulling back the curtain in the movie the Wizard of Oz and finding a pretty banal explanation. More bark than bite.
ReplyDeleteHowever, you might want to read Douglas Martin's review (aka Baudelaire Shepherd) review of the What Women Want exhibit and my response to give a more accurate read on what my thoughts are. I'd be interested in your reaction to the contrast between art criticism and art commentary after you read those comments at SignOnSanDiego.