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Critical mess : art critics on the state of their practice / edited by Raphael Rubinstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art criticism.
- Art criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- History.
- United States.
- Art criticism--United States--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 125 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Art critics on the state of their practice.
- Place of Publication:
- Lenox, Mass. : Hard Press Editions, [2006]
- Summary:
- Does art criticism still matter? Are value judgments obsolete or indispensable? Do we live in a post-critical age? Is it legitimate to compare one artist to another? Do artists still listen to critics? Have influential curators marginalized their role? Has the booming art market made critical discourse irrelevant? Or is it a victim of a widespread loss of space for public discourse of any kind whatsoever?
- At a time when contemporary art continues its global expansion, art critics have been grappling with a profound crisis in their own practice. This anthology brings together important essays by thirteen of today's most prominent art critics. Often arguing fiercely among themselves, these writers engage in the difficult but, in their opinion, necessary task of articulating the premises and purpose of art criticism in the twenty-first century.
- Contents:
- What happened to art criticism? / James Elkins
- The tomb of the zombie / Thomas McEvilley
- Seeing out loud / Jerry Saltz
- A quiet crisis / Raphael Rubinstein
- Everyone's a critic / Katy Siegel
- All over and at once / Lane Relyea
- The fly in the fly bottle : the explanation and critical judgment of works of art / Arthur C. Danto
- The dysfunction of criticism / JJ Charlesworth
- Art criticism, bound to fail / Nancy Princenthal
- Ion's tears : notes on poetry and art criticism / Carter Ratcliff
- The crises in art criticism / Eleanor Heartney
- Buggy-making in tulip time / Michael Duncan
- At a crossroads / Peter Plagens.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1889097675
- OCLC:
- 76891242
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