SPECIAL 1990 ISSUE ON CRITICISM
Honoré Daumier, The Critics (Visitors in a Painter’s Studio), 1862, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, and conté crayon, 14.25 x 18
In this archival spotlight collection, we’re looking back at ART PAPERS Vol. 14 No. 6 from November/December 1990. This special issue “on criticism” published a selection of papers presented at the Southeastern Conference on Regional Arts Criticism in October of that year, which was sponsored by ART PAPERS.
Features from the issue include The Role of Art Criticism in Communities by Doug Sadownick, What is a Critic Now? by Linda Burnham, Seriousness and Difficulty in Criticism by Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, The Criticism of Quality and the Quality of Criticism by Patrice Koelsch, Criticism and Theory by John Johnston, The Social Underpinnings of Art by Claire Wolf Krantz and Craft Criticism by Philis Alvic, among others.