Comments on: Wax Scrawls: The Future of Criticism and LOLcats goes Avant-Garde http://scrawledinwax.com/2008/07/16/wax-scrawls-the-future-of-criticism/ WHERE MODERN THINGS MELT INTO OTHER MODERN THINGS Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nav http://scrawledinwax.com/2008/07/16/wax-scrawls-the-future-of-criticism/#comment-1078 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:25:32 +0000 http://scrawledinwax.wordpress.com/?p=367#comment-1078 Yeah, I hear ya’. I just thought the two articles showing up so close together was interesting. And this may be a simplistic distinction, but isn’t an opinion a subjective reaction to a work, whereas criticism is situating, contextualising, positioning etc in relation to other art and its contexts? Obviously, at some point, the distinction will collapse, but that’s always true on some level.

I think the thing that bugged my about Meis’ piece was the insistence on a work’s internal logic – that’s always struck me as a sneaky way to reintroduce authorial intent as the gold standard.

Anyway, as always, appreciate the comment.

]]> By: Margo http://scrawledinwax.com/2008/07/16/wax-scrawls-the-future-of-criticism/#comment-1076 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:13:20 +0000 http://scrawledinwax.wordpress.com/?p=367#comment-1076 Wow. I really hate both of those articles on criticism. I’m far from a Kantian, but surely we can still make some distinction between having an opinion and the art of criticism (yes, I’m with Wilde on this)? Or has our current master narrative got the TM on “experts?”

]]> By: Nav http://scrawledinwax.com/2008/07/16/wax-scrawls-the-future-of-criticism/#comment-1070 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:18:28 +0000 http://scrawledinwax.wordpress.com/?p=367#comment-1070 Heh. I didn’t think you still stopped by :) Hope you’re well.

]]> By: Stephanie http://scrawledinwax.com/2008/07/16/wax-scrawls-the-future-of-criticism/#comment-1069 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:49:13 +0000 http://scrawledinwax.wordpress.com/?p=367#comment-1069 You’re welcome!

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