Beyond Critique: Different Ways of Talking About Art

Beyond Critique presents the collected wisdom of artists and scholars of the Maryland Institute College of Art on the central role of the critique in the education and studio practice of artists and designers. In this series of essays and personal reflections, faculty talk about the various techniques, theories, and methodologies that underpin modern critique and why critique remains so important in the contemporary art world. Personal, immediate, and engaging, the essays in Beyond Critique will provide inspiration for artists and arts educators of all stripes. In addition to essays by the editors, he volume features work from Whitney Sherman (Illustration), Ken Krafchek (Community Arts), Maren Hassinger (Sculpture), John Peacock (Humanities), Nancy Roeder (General Fine Arts), Dennis Farber (Foundations), Fletcher Mackey (Painting), Margee Morrison (Humanities), Dan Dudrow (Painting), Jane Elkinton (Art History), Mina Cheon and Gabriel Kroiz (Painting and Architecture). Recommended for both art educators, art students, and professional artists in all media.