As a means of opening up the discourse and sharing the dialogue, I thought I'd post the next set of readings that our artist reading group is examining.
Artist Reading Group
Reading #3
How do You spell Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y?
The following readings were selected to help us consider what quality means in the making of art. This means engaging with the idea of the aesthetic, which seems to be inextricably linked to values, which brings us back to the importance of knowing our individual selves as artists.
The pieces about socially engaged art by Kester and Bishop give contrasting views of how quality or value is assessed in one area of art, which differ in how they choose to relate to historical notions of value and meaning in art.
The idea behind all of these selections is to get us to examine and question not only our own values as artists, but to become conscious of our creative intentions on a deeper level.
So a suggested outcome of these readings is not only consideration of the above, but to arrive at the next reading group meeting prepared to talk about how each of us defines success as an artist, not in generic, generalized terms, but in the most honest and individually specific terms we can muster, for our own selves in our practices. The underlying purpose is to help sharpen and focus direction in our creative processes.
Reading Selections:
Tom Robbins, “What Is Art and If We Know What Art Is, What Is Politics?” from Wild Ducks Flying Backward: The Short Writings of Tom Robbins, Bantam 2005.
Brenson, Michael. From Acts of Engagement: writings on art, criticism, and institutions, 1993-2002. 2004, Rowman & Littlefield.
Chapter 2: Experience, Complicity, and Quality
Chapter 5: Art Criticism and the Aesthetic Response
Kester, Grant. From Conversation Pieces: Community & Communication in Modern Art, 2004, UC Press.
Excerpt from Chapter One: The Eyes of the Vulgar
Roche, Jennifer. “Socially Engaged Art, Critics and Discontents: An Interview with Claire Bishop” from http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2006/07/socially_engage.php
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