Art Display and Criticism PDF

Art Display and Criticism Prepared by: Deahnie Esteves-Tagabi Art Display A way where the artwork and audience/viewer meet. Empowers the artist to promote arts at its finest  Art display promotes the artist’s work, which is usually introduced in a major setting/venue. The setting may...

Art Display and Criticism Prepared by: Deahnie Esteves-Tagabi Art Display A way where the artwork and audience/viewer meet. Empowers the artist to promote arts at its finest  Art display promotes the artist’s work, which is usually introduced in a major setting/venue. The setting may be a gallery, museum, art hall or in art exhibition in a mall.  Art criticism An approach in studying a work of art Helps understand the value of an artwork It also inspires and makes changeable interpretations It gives an understanding of the artist’s views in the world and culture  In what way is art criticism similar to the process of creating art?  Much like in creating art, there is a critical and exploratory process involved in writing art criticism. Art criticism is an engagement that lets the viewer question the work and the motives behind it, examine its details, and find and create meaning. The criticism is a product of a process that is similar to the creative process in the production of art.  How can art criticism enable one to exercise critical thinking?  The practice of art criticism enables one to question what he or she sees and not just accept ideas and views superficially and blindly. It allows one to go beyond seeing art as just something pretty. It opens up discourse, not just with and about art, but also about the larger context in which art is in. It puts one in questioning and examining frame of mind that makes one more critical and allows him or her to understand things deeper. Benefits when one critiques an artwork Art criticism lets one understand a work fully. This means coming up with not just one understanding of an artwork, but with multiple interpretations and judgments, which allows for a better appreciation of the artwork. It augments the experience with the work, as it allows one to understand the work more deeply and see new things which he/she may not have seen at first glance.  It brings one into the world of the artist and lets him/her see the psychological , social, and cultural movements that affected the artist and his or her creation of the work. Learning more about these can help one understand what the work means today.  Art criticism allows one to flesh out how the work and its interpretations reflect the culture that created the work. It allows one to put value in the work as well.  The philosophical position is a perspective that is available for everyone to use. It adds color and spices to your criticism. It allows your work to create new meaning that is being viewed from a different perspective.  Formalist criticism- is based upon an aesthetic assessment of artworks that gives priority to such formal elements such as lines, shape and color at the expense of representational element involved with narrative, subject matter, and symbols. Ideological- originates from the writings of Karl Marx and deals with the political implications of art. Psychoanalytic- believes that art should be studied as the product of individuals who are shaped by their pasts, their unconscious urges, and their social histories.  Structuralism- maintains that in order to understand a work of art, one must study the structure of art and the complex interrelationship of all its parts that produce the whole. Post-Structuralism- is a range of reactions against structuralism, but it is not homogenous set of ideas. Feminist-is concerned wit the oppression of groups (especially women) in a given society, along with the oppression of their belief system.  Post-colonial- assumes a unique perspective on the art of politics of colonialism, which is concerned with art produced by colonial powers and works produced by those who were/are colonized. Phenomenological – holds that you , the perceiving subject , engage with an artwork. Steps in art criticism 1) Description- looks at the work surface level and describes the elements that the viewer may find in the artwork itself. This also includes information available on the credit line of the work. 2) Analysis-deals with how the visual elements were organized and used to achieve the works goal. This ideals of elements such as the use of a certain subject matter, application of certain designs ,principles, and media and manipulating techniques, among others. 3) Interpretation- deals with the messages conveyed by the artist and his or her work, and puts the work into context. This is also where the viewer brings in what interpretations and may be gleaned from the work, and how these interpretations may be seen in the work. 4) Judgment- deals with the personal thoughts of the viewer regarding the work, how the work successful in achieving its goal, its social and artistic relevance, the best criteria to use when judging the work, and what pieces of evidence in and around the work satisfy the set of criteria. REMEMBER! Art display promotes the artist’s work, which is usually introduced in a major setting/venue. The setting may be a gallery, museum, art hall or in art exhibition in a mall. Art criticism is an organized approach in studying a work of art.It helps understand the meaning of artworks and inspires varied and changeable interpretations. Criticism in an art not only involves understanding the medium and techniques used in creating art but to give the meaning of an artwork. There various approaches in art criticism are structuralism, post- structuralism, feminist criticism, psychoanalytic, ideological criticism, formalist criticism and phenomenological criticism.