tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post4599914961122488501..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: WhitnicismsCarol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-13877690186447945142008-04-04T09:10:00.000-04:002008-04-04T09:10:00.000-04:00I'm a small town, Vermont art critic who has seen ...I'm a small town, Vermont art critic who has seen the work "interstitial" pop up several times lately. the first time i saw it i had to ask the 20 something curator what the heck she was talking about. i'm locally notorious for being unsympathetic with artspeak uttered by curators, and as found in artist's statements... (and oh yes, i have a cranbrook MFA minted in 1984, so i know what they're TRYING to say... i just don't buy into the nomenclature)<BR/><BR/>i think this blog is right that much of it comes from insecure academics. i also think artspeak is finding increasingly tough sledding beyond NYC (the clarity of art new england is a case in point). the dimWhit biennial has been a decadent shadow of its former self for a couple of decades... so perhaps the cult of New york is finally getting tiresome? sure hope so... the hinterlands are so diverse, and so full of fresh ideas our splintered american art scene is a positive development. hopefully critics and curators will linguistically catch up with what's truly "cutting edge" i.e. good clear writing that readers can enjoy rather than struggle to disentangle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-68695099976880659002008-04-02T21:02:00.000-04:002008-04-02T21:02:00.000-04:00u r trying too hard. hahait would be min-ifies and...u r trying too hard. haha<BR/>it would be min-ifies and ab/ex-ifies.Adeanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856668654356245246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-23806659191166207922008-04-02T08:55:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:55:00.000-04:00Ed was right, the pub was wrong. If they want you ...Ed was right, the pub was wrong. If they want you because you do what you do, do what you do. This is a wise approach for writers who write, not just for bloggers...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235054856583026039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-12777960791763684802008-04-02T08:34:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:34:00.000-04:00It's a bit of a chicken/egg problem as to which co...It's a bit of a chicken/egg problem as to which comes first, bad art criticism and thinking or bad art.<BR/><BR/>All the same, I think it's important to separate the two. Just because writing on some of the Whitney exhibits is poor (to say the least!) I'd be reluctant to condemn the art for that (although there is some pretty indifferent stuff - as always - there).<BR/><BR/>The lazy habit of trying to turn nouns into verbs or adjectives or vice versa, has been around for a while and in many fields. They say it's a sign of getting old (like noticing how young policemen look) when you have trouble following your native tongue.<BR/><BR/>Although I like Whitnicisms!CAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09861096695503969576noreply@blogger.com