The Critique Handbook: A Sourcebook and Survival Guide - Softcover

Buster, Kendall; Crawford, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131505440 ISBN 13: 9780131505445

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2006

Synopsis

Benefiting all visual artists regardless of their level of expertise, this book enables reader to deal with the important instructional studio classroom activity of critiquing art works. Covers such fundamentals as how to prepare for a critique, how to look at work formally, and basic terms used in critique.

For all visual artists.

About this title

From the Back Cover

How do we see, think about, and evaluate works of art?

 

At once a theoretical investigation of the underlying nature of the studio critique as well as a practical manual for participation in this fundamental studio practice, The Critique Handbook is an invaluable resource for examining the uses and mis-uses of artistic analysis. Presenting hundreds of examples drawn from every genre of artmaking, noted artists Kendall Buster and Paula Crawford address the complexity of what actually occurs in critiques. Their book fills a serious gap in the art studio, as they scrutinize a practice that has been largely unquestioned and provide models for more informed and effective ways of conducting and taking part in critiques. Their observations, which can be applied to beginning through advanced studio courses, bring to light the underlying social and power dynamics of critiques and offer illuminating advice on how to make critiques more cogent and evenhanded. They also offer advice for participants on how to prepare for critiques and benefit more fully from them.

 

Simultaneously thoughtful and witty, this book is written in a style that is elegant and eminently readable. The Critique Handbook promises to become an indispensable and timeless text on this subject, doing for the art studio what The Elements of Style has done for the writer’s workshop.

 

 

Kendall Buster, whose extensive exhibition record spans national and international venues, is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters award. Buster is Associate Professor of Sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

 

Paula Crawford has had exhibitions in the United States, Canada, and Latin America, and directs the painting program at George Mason University, where she is Associate Professor.

About the Author

Kendall Buster, whose extensive exhibition record spans national and international venues, is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters award. Buster is Associate Professor of Sculpture at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

 

Paula Crawford has had exhibitions in the United States, Canada, and Latin America, and directs the painting program at George Mason University, where she is Associate Professor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0131505440
• ISBN 13: 9780131505445
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148