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Barrett overview
When reading the Barrett chapter on describing art I found
it to be very informative for me as someone who is not really in the “art
circle.” I like how she described how there are three different areas that you
can describe the art; Subject and subject matter, medium or media and form.
She indicates in her writing that subject and subject matter
are what is actually seen and what can be inferred from the piece of work.
Medium or media describes what the artist created such as a painting, video or
construction and can also go into finer detail. (Such as describing what kind
of fabric was used) Form is how an artist presents their piece of work in the
given medium that they have chosen.
She then gives the reader many examples of descriptions of
art and then concludes by saying that descriptions of art are art criticism,
not a prelude to it. I like how she talked about how the writers ideas and
biases are what form the critiques and that they write with passion to help “paint”
a vivid picture for their audience. I agree with her last paragraph where she
refers to the truthful descriptions because I think if you really look at any
of the criticisms she offered and then the work, you can make connections and
either agree or disagree with the things that have been said, but you can not
be neutral. Overall I really enjoyed this reading and I think it really helped
me understand art criticism better.
Lucid Dreaming recap!
Reading Beth Wilson's "Lucid Dreaming" really showed off a lot of what I read in Barrett's writing. Wilson goes through two different pieces of art and slowly breaks them down with descriptions of subject, subject matter, medium, form and then gives her own opinions through these things about what maybe the author was meaning or intending. In my opinion, Wilson seems to take preference over the Bivouac piece to the Paths piece when she says, "Given the many dirt roads, wooded pathways and trails that honeycomb the
Byrdcliffe colony, it comes as a bit of a disappointment that almost
the entire show can be seen in a drive-by along Upper Byrdcliffe Road.
Any number of previous Byrdcliffe summer shows have made better use of
the property, and, given the organizing principle of this exhibition,
it’s a real opportunity lost."
