Alex Bag Video

I'm sure we have all seen this at our own school, the cigarette, coffee and the way some people express themselves to imitate an air of importance and wisdom in the arts. Sadly, that is how everyone else that is not an art students sees us like. Some parts are quite funny but overall the movie was so prolonged it became a bit boring.

Chapter 2

Interesting quotes:

- "Crits can also be painful rituals that resemble cross-examinations in which artist are forced to rationalized their work and defend themselves from a flurry of half-baked opinions that leave them feeling town apart." pg 47

- "The work you do as an artist is really play, but it is a play in the most serious sense...You are materializing-taking something from the inside and putting it out into the world so you can be relieved of it." pg 52

- Different views on group crits:
"Hickey says 'If you are not sick, don't call the doctor'- Many believe that artist shouldn't be obliged to explain their work!" pg 54

- "When artist are put on the spot, Jones feels, it helps them 'develop thick skins and come to see criticism as rhetoric rather than personal attack." pg 55

- "Never go to the wall text. Never ask the artist. Learn to read the work" pg 54-55

Funny quotes:

- "He certainly gives you enough rope to hang yourself" pg 57

- "MFA stands for yet another Mother-Fucking Artist."