Is Blogging Criticism? - Anjali Gupta
by Kevin Freitas
Anjali Gupta raises an interesting question at this year's College Art Association's annual conference, the topic: Can Anyone Be a Critic? The Collision between Traditional Criticism and Blogging. You can read what she has to say on the subject, by visiting the Texas Visual Art online blog at Glasstire. Is Blogging Criticism? is of course, of great interest to me since I try to do just that, and do it here on Art as Authority in blog format. I think it's a fair question and would myself, answer yes, believing that criticism should adapt to different mediums and technologies (emphasis on the non-traditional), as much as art has, in the last twenty-five years.
So, how would you answer? Feel free to leave a comment if your thoughts run beyond a simple yes or no.
photo by p*rock
sculpture by French artist César
Comments
Dear Art as Authority,
I read your interview in "Dust," and thought, this guy is in my alley. Not to say I write criticism, which I don't, being blond. And my writing definitely falls into the sloppy category (more interested in my ever changing image). But... maybe we can "interact"?
Anyway, anyone who likes Larry is a friend of mine.
kisses,
Kloe
www.kloeamongtheturks.blogspot.com
Posted by: Kloe | juillet 12, 2008 09:49 PM
Is innocence questionable?
Posted by: RG | juillet 13, 2008 02:45 AM
I'll edit you, if you edit me! Love, P
Posted by: Patricia | juillet 14, 2008 11:36 AM
i think that sculpture is pretty cool.
Posted by: kaizer | juillet 14, 2008 11:59 PM
NO, but why not ?
But the question is wrong itself.
The Blog or blogging, as you like, is a frame of communication only.
Its content can be art criticism or just an opinion without art knowledge background.
The autor of a critic must be give some personnal references to link its estimation with its own quality.
The result of the vote is distressing (dismay) and naive.
Posted by: mw | août 14, 2008 02:30 AM
Why should art blogs be respected? There are opportunists like Barry Hoggard who have turned art blogging into business instead of true criticism. Hoggard owns Tristan Media LLC which runs ArtCal, ArtCat, and Culture Pundits. Barry Hoggard owns all of those businesses. He also runs bloggy.com which is part of the Culture Pundits network and has reviewed some ArtCat clients.
Hoggard’s ArtCat has designed websites for artists and galleries that end up reviewed on ArtCal and on blogs that are affiliated with the Culture Pundits network. This could mean that people affiliated with Hoggard’s networks are buying online reviews or that Hoggard demands Culture Pundits and ArtCal writers write about his clients and other people associated with his online businesses.
The Winkleman Gallery is a good example of Hoggard’s corrupt online art empire. Hoggard is an editor for ArtCal so the reviews and promotional spots for the Winkleman gallery by Paddy Johnson and James Wagner on ArtCal and their personal blogs have no critical merit.
These writers or art bloggers have put a cash sign in front of criticism. They can be bought or sold on the whims of Hoggard and his businesses. These are reviews and critiques based on a business model linking back to Hoggard and his Culture Pundits system that includes ArtCal. His reach extends to other allegedly “reputable” online sources for art criticism.
Barry Hoggard has a monopoly on online art criticism in the blogosphere. This should be exposed or the people involved should explain themselves. The conflict of interest is thick. Even the ethics of Newsgrist can be questioned since the editor is a represented artist at Winkleman Gallery. I bet you will find Winkleman review after Winkleman review on that site.
Online art criticism and the blogs that have been praised for it are bogus. Support real criticism and subscribe to a magazine that has been around 100 years.
Posted by: Tim | janvier 16, 2009 01:43 AM