<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Thoughts on Criticism</title> <atom:link href="http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/</link> <description>New York art news and reviews.</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:59:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>By: Jill</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-102299</link> <dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:58:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-102299</guid> <description>I&#039;m jumping into this late, but the bottom line is we art critics do not get paid for our work and when we do, we have to write what people want to hear.  That should be the main argument behind &quot;why there are no good art critics&quot;. Good criticism does exists but you&#039;re not seeing it in the fine print.Good luck!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m jumping into this late, but the bottom line is we art critics do not get paid for our work and when we do, we have to write what people want to hear.  That should be the main argument behind &#8220;why there are no good art critics&#8221;. Good criticism does exists but you&#8217;re not seeing it in the fine print.</p><p>Good luck!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jill</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-315036</link> <dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:58:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-315036</guid> <description>I&#039;m jumping into this late, but the bottom line is we art critics do not get paid for our work and when we do, we have to write what people want to hear.  That should be the main argument behind &quot;why there are no good art critics&quot;. Good criticism does exists but you&#039;re not seeing it in the fine print.Good luck!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m jumping into this late, but the bottom line is we art critics do not get paid for our work and when we do, we have to write what people want to hear.  That should be the main argument behind &#8220;why there are no good art critics&#8221;. Good criticism does exists but you&#8217;re not seeing it in the fine print.</p><p>Good luck!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jill</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-315037</link> <dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:58:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-315037</guid> <description>I&#039;m jumping into this late, but the bottom line is we art critics do not get paid for our work and when we do, we have to write what people want to hear.  That should be the main argument behind &quot;why there are no good art critics&quot;. Good criticism does exists but you&#039;re not seeing it in the fine print.Good luck!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m jumping into this late, but the bottom line is we art critics do not get paid for our work and when we do, we have to write what people want to hear.  That should be the main argument behind &#8220;why there are no good art critics&#8221;. Good criticism does exists but you&#8217;re not seeing it in the fine print.</p><p>Good luck!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Donald Frazell</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-98119</link> <dc:creator>Donald Frazell</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:33:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-98119</guid> <description>Reading comprehension obviously has not been emphasized in art schools as you saw what you wanted to see, starting wiht i stated that maybe half lesbians are born that way, and half been mistreated. I live in the LBC, lesbian center of the universe. You have not idea what you are talking about, in your erudite and vacuous manner. Hows that? And art writings is as far from masculine as possible, which is spare and to the point, when will you ever get there?But there are far more important things than art going on right now. Far more, as the economy is on the edge, and without follow up to todays bailout package, the economy will collapse. As a history major who focuesed on economics, it is plain. the businessmen dont see it, their quarterly bottom line is all, and dont care about teh future, figuring the government will bail tehm out. the debt is being raised from 11.7 TRILLION by 700bilion. We dont ahve the money, we forgot waht built the post Depression economy was Keynesian economics, to minimize depressions into recessions. The safeguards have been destroyed, or not enforced This is a critcial moment in history, Write you congressmen, demand taht taxes be raised on those who ahve it. For if revenues are not raised, this will collapse, adn the rich to. They dont believe it, but thi has not hapened sine 1929 through teh tightening of credit to the Smoot-Hawley protectionist tarrifs. We are a step away form collapse, the hell with art. Put is aside to another day. Write your congressmen, and demand that a yes vote be tied to revenue enhancement, major revenue. This will take years to work off as is, the old rules are dead, they were castrated, and died. I dont care if you hate me, but look to the worlds future, not your present. It is time sacrifice became a badge of honor. for it is necessary. PLEASE</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading comprehension obviously has not been emphasized in art schools as you saw what you wanted to see, starting wiht i stated that maybe half lesbians are born that way, and half been mistreated. I live in the LBC, lesbian center of the universe. You have not idea what you are talking about, in your erudite and vacuous manner. Hows that? And art writings is as far from masculine as possible, which is spare and to the point, when will you ever get there?</p><p>But there are far more important things than art going on right now. Far more, as the economy is on the edge, and without follow up to todays bailout package, the economy will collapse. As a history major who focuesed on economics, it is plain. the businessmen dont see it, their quarterly bottom line is all, and dont care about teh future, figuring the government will bail tehm out. the debt is being raised from 11.7 TRILLION by 700bilion. We dont ahve the money, we forgot waht built the post Depression economy was Keynesian economics, to minimize depressions into recessions. The safeguards have been destroyed, or not enforced This is a critcial moment in history, Write you congressmen, demand taht taxes be raised on those who ahve it. For if revenues are not raised, this will collapse, adn the rich to. They dont believe it, but thi has not hapened sine 1929 through teh tightening of credit to the Smoot-Hawley protectionist tarrifs. We are a step away form collapse, the hell with art. Put is aside to another day. Write your congressmen, and demand that a yes vote be tied to revenue enhancement, major revenue. This will take years to work off as is, the old rules are dead, they were castrated, and died. I dont care if you hate me, but look to the worlds future, not your present. It is time sacrifice became a badge of honor. for it is necessary. PLEASE</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Donald Frazell</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-315034</link> <dc:creator>Donald Frazell</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-315034</guid> <description>Reading comprehension obviously has not been emphasized in art schools as you saw what you wanted to see, starting wiht i stated that maybe half lesbians are born that way, and half been mistreated. I live in the LBC, lesbian center of the universe. You have not idea what you are talking about, in your erudite and vacuous manner. Hows that? And art writings is as far from masculine as possible, which is spare and to the point, when will you ever get there?But there are far more important things than art going on right now. Far more, as the economy is on the edge, and without follow up to todays bailout package, the economy will collapse. As a history major who focuesed on economics, it is plain. the businessmen dont see it, their quarterly bottom line is all, and dont care about teh future, figuring the government will bail tehm out. the debt is being raised from 11.7 TRILLION by 700bilion. We dont ahve the money, we forgot waht built the post Depression economy was Keynesian economics, to minimize depressions into recessions. The safeguards have been destroyed, or not enforced This is a critcial moment in history, Write you congressmen, demand taht taxes be raised on those who ahve it. For if revenues are not raised, this will collapse, adn the rich to. They dont believe it, but thi has not hapened sine 1929 through teh tightening of credit to the Smoot-Hawley protectionist tarrifs. We are a step away form collapse, the hell with art. Put is aside to another day. Write your congressmen, and demand that a yes vote be tied to revenue enhancement, major revenue. This will take years to work off as is, the old rules are dead, they were castrated, and died. I dont care if you hate me, but look to the worlds future, not your present. It is time sacrifice became a badge of honor. for it is necessary. PLEASE</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading comprehension obviously has not been emphasized in art schools as you saw what you wanted to see, starting wiht i stated that maybe half lesbians are born that way, and half been mistreated. I live in the LBC, lesbian center of the universe. You have not idea what you are talking about, in your erudite and vacuous manner. Hows that? And art writings is as far from masculine as possible, which is spare and to the point, when will you ever get there?</p><p>But there are far more important things than art going on right now. Far more, as the economy is on the edge, and without follow up to todays bailout package, the economy will collapse. As a history major who focuesed on economics, it is plain. the businessmen dont see it, their quarterly bottom line is all, and dont care about teh future, figuring the government will bail tehm out. the debt is being raised from 11.7 TRILLION by 700bilion. We dont ahve the money, we forgot waht built the post Depression economy was Keynesian economics, to minimize depressions into recessions. The safeguards have been destroyed, or not enforced This is a critcial moment in history, Write you congressmen, demand taht taxes be raised on those who ahve it. For if revenues are not raised, this will collapse, adn the rich to. They dont believe it, but thi has not hapened sine 1929 through teh tightening of credit to the Smoot-Hawley protectionist tarrifs. We are a step away form collapse, the hell with art. Put is aside to another day. Write your congressmen, and demand that a yes vote be tied to revenue enhancement, major revenue. This will take years to work off as is, the old rules are dead, they were castrated, and died. I dont care if you hate me, but look to the worlds future, not your present. It is time sacrifice became a badge of honor. for it is necessary. PLEASE</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Donald Frazell</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-315035</link> <dc:creator>Donald Frazell</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:33:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-315035</guid> <description>Reading comprehension obviously has not been emphasized in art schools as you saw what you wanted to see, starting wiht i stated that maybe half lesbians are born that way, and half been mistreated. I live in the LBC, lesbian center of the universe. You have not idea what you are talking about, in your erudite and vacuous manner. Hows that? And art writings is as far from masculine as possible, which is spare and to the point, when will you ever get there?But there are far more important things than art going on right now. Far more, as the economy is on the edge, and without follow up to todays bailout package, the economy will collapse. As a history major who focuesed on economics, it is plain. the businessmen dont see it, their quarterly bottom line is all, and dont care about teh future, figuring the government will bail tehm out. the debt is being raised from 11.7 TRILLION by 700bilion. We dont ahve the money, we forgot waht built the post Depression economy was Keynesian economics, to minimize depressions into recessions. The safeguards have been destroyed, or not enforced This is a critcial moment in history, Write you congressmen, demand taht taxes be raised on those who ahve it. For if revenues are not raised, this will collapse, adn the rich to. They dont believe it, but thi has not hapened sine 1929 through teh tightening of credit to the Smoot-Hawley protectionist tarrifs. We are a step away form collapse, the hell with art. Put is aside to another day. Write your congressmen, and demand that a yes vote be tied to revenue enhancement, major revenue. This will take years to work off as is, the old rules are dead, they were castrated, and died. I dont care if you hate me, but look to the worlds future, not your present. It is time sacrifice became a badge of honor. for it is necessary. PLEASE</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading comprehension obviously has not been emphasized in art schools as you saw what you wanted to see, starting wiht i stated that maybe half lesbians are born that way, and half been mistreated. I live in the LBC, lesbian center of the universe. You have not idea what you are talking about, in your erudite and vacuous manner. Hows that? And art writings is as far from masculine as possible, which is spare and to the point, when will you ever get there?</p><p>But there are far more important things than art going on right now. Far more, as the economy is on the edge, and without follow up to todays bailout package, the economy will collapse. As a history major who focuesed on economics, it is plain. the businessmen dont see it, their quarterly bottom line is all, and dont care about teh future, figuring the government will bail tehm out. the debt is being raised from 11.7 TRILLION by 700bilion. We dont ahve the money, we forgot waht built the post Depression economy was Keynesian economics, to minimize depressions into recessions. The safeguards have been destroyed, or not enforced This is a critcial moment in history, Write you congressmen, demand taht taxes be raised on those who ahve it. For if revenues are not raised, this will collapse, adn the rich to. They dont believe it, but thi has not hapened sine 1929 through teh tightening of credit to the Smoot-Hawley protectionist tarrifs. We are a step away form collapse, the hell with art. Put is aside to another day. Write your congressmen, and demand that a yes vote be tied to revenue enhancement, major revenue. This will take years to work off as is, the old rules are dead, they were castrated, and died. I dont care if you hate me, but look to the worlds future, not your present. It is time sacrifice became a badge of honor. for it is necessary. PLEASE</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: The Hill</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-97899</link> <dc:creator>The Hill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:29:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-97899</guid> <description>you would probably be suprised to know msot scientists DO believe in a god, just not necessarily theone of the Bible, you are rather narrow minded, aren’t you? -------------------- This is irrelevant to the topic at hand which is Thoughts On Criticism. You maintained that we should return to a more masculine prose (obviously a gay/female version is taboo). Yet you won&#039;t deal w/ the fact we have had a masculine prose in criticism and it&#039;s time to change. Deal.To think Lesbians are only such because of what men have done to them crudely states the reality, meaning if they hadn&#039;t had bad heterosexual experience they would never be lesbian. Your rant on middle class values of being a mortgaged miserable Monogamite attests to your belief that heterosexuality is the natural state for everyone. It&#039;s not. In my humble, uneducated opinion, you should read Judith Butler on performativity in Gender Trouble or any other author who queers the hetero hegemony. You will find even a basic biological essentalism of sex determination as well as the social construction of gender is wildly contested and interesting. As far as the title of the blog, I can&#039;t say, but when I was  being uneducated in high school the jocks called art people art fags, and in college the sculptors called painters Painter Fags. I often use the latter as an ID.It would be nice as well, when u rant on u would actually cite a specific work to make your point so your rants are hissy fits that just hiss, like the air slowly leaking out of a balloon. You talk wildly of Picasso, etc. w/o examples.Do u honestly think that someone who knows the term for the pagan figure studies in Italian Cinquecento ptg., ignudi, is uneducated? Your ad hominum attacks imply that u r here only to troll for a fight; you&#039;re getting old real fast.I disagree w/ you that todays art and criticism lacks meaning. The meaning has shifted though and criticism has lagged behind in providing viable models. A case in point is the kind of quasi Marxist writings in Hal Foster, in Artforum, who obviously takes his cue from Jameson. The problem is even the dissing of the meta-narratives endemic to Post Modernism has been lost. Artforum, which I disagree w/ the person above on the reactionary nature of that rag, is still clinging to a post modernist position. The artists aren&#039;t listening.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you would probably be suprised to know msot scientists DO believe in a god, just not necessarily theone of the Bible, you are rather narrow minded, aren’t you?<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br /> This is irrelevant to the topic at hand which is Thoughts On Criticism. You maintained that we should return to a more masculine prose (obviously a gay/female version is taboo). Yet you won&#8217;t deal w/ the fact we have had a masculine prose in criticism and it&#8217;s time to change. Deal.</p><p>To think Lesbians are only such because of what men have done to them crudely states the reality, meaning if they hadn&#8217;t had bad heterosexual experience they would never be lesbian. Your rant on middle class values of being a mortgaged miserable Monogamite attests to your belief that heterosexuality is the natural state for everyone. It&#8217;s not. In my humble, uneducated opinion, you should read Judith Butler on performativity in Gender Trouble or any other author who queers the hetero hegemony. You will find even a basic biological essentalism of sex determination as well as the social construction of gender is wildly contested and interesting. As far as the title of the blog, I can&#8217;t say, but when I was  being uneducated in high school the jocks called art people art fags, and in college the sculptors called painters Painter Fags. I often use the latter as an ID.</p><p>It would be nice as well, when u rant on u would actually cite a specific work to make your point so your rants are hissy fits that just hiss, like the air slowly leaking out of a balloon. You talk wildly of Picasso, etc. w/o examples.</p><p>Do u honestly think that someone who knows the term for the pagan figure studies in Italian Cinquecento ptg., ignudi, is uneducated? Your ad hominum attacks imply that u r here only to troll for a fight; you&#8217;re getting old real fast.</p><p>I disagree w/ you that todays art and criticism lacks meaning. The meaning has shifted though and criticism has lagged behind in providing viable models. A case in point is the kind of quasi Marxist writings in Hal Foster, in Artforum, who obviously takes his cue from Jameson. The problem is even the dissing of the meta-narratives endemic to Post Modernism has been lost. Artforum, which I disagree w/ the person above on the reactionary nature of that rag, is still clinging to a post modernist position. The artists aren&#8217;t listening.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: The Hill</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-315032</link> <dc:creator>The Hill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-315032</guid> <description>you would probably be suprised to know msot scientists DO believe in a god, just not necessarily theone of the Bible, you are rather narrow minded, aren’t you? -------------------- This is irrelevant to the topic at hand which is Thoughts On Criticism. You maintained that we should return to a more masculine prose (obviously a gay/female version is taboo). Yet you won&#039;t deal w/ the fact we have had a masculine prose in criticism and it&#039;s time to change. Deal.To think Lesbians are only such because of what men have done to them crudely states the reality, meaning if they hadn&#039;t had bad heterosexual experience they would never be lesbian. Your rant on middle class values of being a mortgaged miserable Monogamite attests to your belief that heterosexuality is the natural state for everyone. It&#039;s not. In my humble, uneducated opinion, you should read Judith Butler on performativity in Gender Trouble or any other author who queers the hetero hegemony. You will find even a basic biological essentalism of sex determination as well as the social construction of gender is wildly contested and interesting. As far as the title of the blog, I can&#039;t say, but when I was  being uneducated in high school the jocks called art people art fags, and in college the sculptors called painters Painter Fags. I often use the latter as an ID.It would be nice as well, when u rant on u would actually cite a specific work to make your point so your rants are hissy fits that just hiss, like the air slowly leaking out of a balloon. You talk wildly of Picasso, etc. w/o examples.Do u honestly think that someone who knows the term for the pagan figure studies in Italian Cinquecento ptg., ignudi, is uneducated? Your ad hominum attacks imply that u r here only to troll for a fight; you&#039;re getting old real fast.I disagree w/ you that todays art and criticism lacks meaning. The meaning has shifted though and criticism has lagged behind in providing viable models. A case in point is the kind of quasi Marxist writings in Hal Foster, in Artforum, who obviously takes his cue from Jameson. The problem is even the dissing of the meta-narratives endemic to Post Modernism has been lost. Artforum, which I disagree w/ the person above on the reactionary nature of that rag, is still clinging to a post modernist position. The artists aren&#039;t listening.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you would probably be suprised to know msot scientists DO believe in a god, just not necessarily theone of the Bible, you are rather narrow minded, aren’t you?<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br /> This is irrelevant to the topic at hand which is Thoughts On Criticism. You maintained that we should return to a more masculine prose (obviously a gay/female version is taboo). Yet you won&#8217;t deal w/ the fact we have had a masculine prose in criticism and it&#8217;s time to change. Deal.</p><p>To think Lesbians are only such because of what men have done to them crudely states the reality, meaning if they hadn&#8217;t had bad heterosexual experience they would never be lesbian. Your rant on middle class values of being a mortgaged miserable Monogamite attests to your belief that heterosexuality is the natural state for everyone. It&#8217;s not. In my humble, uneducated opinion, you should read Judith Butler on performativity in Gender Trouble or any other author who queers the hetero hegemony. You will find even a basic biological essentalism of sex determination as well as the social construction of gender is wildly contested and interesting. As far as the title of the blog, I can&#8217;t say, but when I was  being uneducated in high school the jocks called art people art fags, and in college the sculptors called painters Painter Fags. I often use the latter as an ID.</p><p>It would be nice as well, when u rant on u would actually cite a specific work to make your point so your rants are hissy fits that just hiss, like the air slowly leaking out of a balloon. You talk wildly of Picasso, etc. w/o examples.</p><p>Do u honestly think that someone who knows the term for the pagan figure studies in Italian Cinquecento ptg., ignudi, is uneducated? Your ad hominum attacks imply that u r here only to troll for a fight; you&#8217;re getting old real fast.</p><p>I disagree w/ you that todays art and criticism lacks meaning. The meaning has shifted though and criticism has lagged behind in providing viable models. A case in point is the kind of quasi Marxist writings in Hal Foster, in Artforum, who obviously takes his cue from Jameson. The problem is even the dissing of the meta-narratives endemic to Post Modernism has been lost. Artforum, which I disagree w/ the person above on the reactionary nature of that rag, is still clinging to a post modernist position. The artists aren&#8217;t listening.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: The Hill</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-315033</link> <dc:creator>The Hill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-315033</guid> <description>you would probably be suprised to know msot scientists DO believe in a god, just not necessarily theone of the Bible, you are rather narrow minded, aren’t you? -------------------- This is irrelevant to the topic at hand which is Thoughts On Criticism. You maintained that we should return to a more masculine prose (obviously a gay/female version is taboo). Yet you won&#039;t deal w/ the fact we have had a masculine prose in criticism and it&#039;s time to change. Deal.To think Lesbians are only such because of what men have done to them crudely states the reality, meaning if they hadn&#039;t had bad heterosexual experience they would never be lesbian. Your rant on middle class values of being a mortgaged miserable Monogamite attests to your belief that heterosexuality is the natural state for everyone. It&#039;s not. In my humble, uneducated opinion, you should read Judith Butler on performativity in Gender Trouble or any other author who queers the hetero hegemony. You will find even a basic biological essentalism of sex determination as well as the social construction of gender is wildly contested and interesting. As far as the title of the blog, I can&#039;t say, but when I was  being uneducated in high school the jocks called art people art fags, and in college the sculptors called painters Painter Fags. I often use the latter as an ID.It would be nice as well, when u rant on u would actually cite a specific work to make your point so your rants are hissy fits that just hiss, like the air slowly leaking out of a balloon. You talk wildly of Picasso, etc. w/o examples.Do u honestly think that someone who knows the term for the pagan figure studies in Italian Cinquecento ptg., ignudi, is uneducated? Your ad hominum attacks imply that u r here only to troll for a fight; you&#039;re getting old real fast.I disagree w/ you that todays art and criticism lacks meaning. The meaning has shifted though and criticism has lagged behind in providing viable models. A case in point is the kind of quasi Marxist writings in Hal Foster, in Artforum, who obviously takes his cue from Jameson. The problem is even the dissing of the meta-narratives endemic to Post Modernism has been lost. Artforum, which I disagree w/ the person above on the reactionary nature of that rag, is still clinging to a post modernist position. The artists aren&#039;t listening.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you would probably be suprised to know msot scientists DO believe in a god, just not necessarily theone of the Bible, you are rather narrow minded, aren’t you?<br /> &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br /> This is irrelevant to the topic at hand which is Thoughts On Criticism. You maintained that we should return to a more masculine prose (obviously a gay/female version is taboo). Yet you won&#8217;t deal w/ the fact we have had a masculine prose in criticism and it&#8217;s time to change. Deal.</p><p>To think Lesbians are only such because of what men have done to them crudely states the reality, meaning if they hadn&#8217;t had bad heterosexual experience they would never be lesbian. Your rant on middle class values of being a mortgaged miserable Monogamite attests to your belief that heterosexuality is the natural state for everyone. It&#8217;s not. In my humble, uneducated opinion, you should read Judith Butler on performativity in Gender Trouble or any other author who queers the hetero hegemony. You will find even a basic biological essentalism of sex determination as well as the social construction of gender is wildly contested and interesting. As far as the title of the blog, I can&#8217;t say, but when I was  being uneducated in high school the jocks called art people art fags, and in college the sculptors called painters Painter Fags. I often use the latter as an ID.</p><p>It would be nice as well, when u rant on u would actually cite a specific work to make your point so your rants are hissy fits that just hiss, like the air slowly leaking out of a balloon. You talk wildly of Picasso, etc. w/o examples.</p><p>Do u honestly think that someone who knows the term for the pagan figure studies in Italian Cinquecento ptg., ignudi, is uneducated? Your ad hominum attacks imply that u r here only to troll for a fight; you&#8217;re getting old real fast.</p><p>I disagree w/ you that todays art and criticism lacks meaning. The meaning has shifted though and criticism has lagged behind in providing viable models. A case in point is the kind of quasi Marxist writings in Hal Foster, in Artforum, who obviously takes his cue from Jameson. The problem is even the dissing of the meta-narratives endemic to Post Modernism has been lost. Artforum, which I disagree w/ the person above on the reactionary nature of that rag, is still clinging to a post modernist position. The artists aren&#8217;t listening.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hayward</title><link>http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/comment-page-2/#comment-97723</link> <dc:creator>Hayward</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:41:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/09/15/thoughts-on-criticism/#comment-97723</guid> <description>I don&#039;t think it is actually an issue of there now being enough self-taught artists or the like, but actually that ARTFORUM just doesn&#039;t want to cover material made by those artists.  Artforum think they have a responsibility as taste makers, they have lost their critic credibility, it is now a journalistic magazine, devoted to showing what trend has been created by which curators and which galleries, they don&#039;t have a solitary voice, it is a voice of what is already going on.  That is more like re-iterating what is already present.  Not much insight.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think it is actually an issue of there now being enough self-taught artists or the like, but actually that ARTFORUM just doesn&#8217;t want to cover material made by those artists.  Artforum think they have a responsibility as taste makers, they have lost their critic credibility, it is now a journalistic magazine, devoted to showing what trend has been created by which curators and which galleries, they don&#8217;t have a solitary voice, it is a voice of what is already going on.  That is more like re-iterating what is already present.  Not much insight.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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