Thursday, October 1, 2009
7 days
I actually really enjoyed the first two chapters of this book. Im really not a book person but I found myself continuing to turn the pages. Some things I found interesting other than the way she writes, was how she really brought real situations about the art world that personally relate to us as artists. For example, the part about being at the Sotheby's auction and how she made comments about what people were wearing with their Heremes tie and Missioni dresses. I laughed a little at that part because I feel artists are the ultimate judgers and how even at an auction she talked about what people were wearing and what not to wear so you wouldn't match anyone else. I also found it interesting how she spoke about the men to women aspect of values on the money side of the auction and how its a different time, sometimes it really hasn't changed at all.
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Please post a list of points of interest from Ch 2- the Crit. You do not mention anything about it here.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter two, I agreed with the quote by Mary Kelly in regards to alternative critique: "It’s a bit like yoga. You must empty your mind and be receptive. It’s about being open to the possibility of what you could know.” I found it funny how Thorton spoke about the word creative and how people would gag if they heard it similar to words like masterpiece and beautiful. I disagree with the fact that she said creativity is not on the agenda of art school. I think being in art school in general fuels creativity very much.
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