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Tag: Art Criticism

Listening With the Ancestors: Cauleen Smith’s “Mutualities”

David C. Shuford reviews Smith’s first solo exhibition in New York

Art Criticism, art writing, Cauleen Smith, David Shuford, featured, MFA Art Writing, SVA MFA, Whitney Museum

The Face of a Contracting World

Nyasha Chiundiza considers how the Covid-19 pandemic exists within Bruno’s cosmos and its rhythm of contraction

Art Criticism, art writing, Covid-19, featured, Giordano Bruno, MFA Art Criticism, MFA Art Writing, Nyasha Chiundiza, SVA MFA

Selections from “The Making and Unmaking of Memories, or The Fragmenting Force of Memory”

Sahar Khraibani’s latest grant-supported work grapples with gaps in identity and language

Art Criticism, art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Montez Press, sahar khraibani, SVA MFA

Everything Is Contaminated, Pt. 2

Lune Ames considers the power of fermentation in the garden and in revolution

Art Criticism, art writing, Ashley Jane Lewis, Degree Critical, featured, InterAccess, Lune Ames, SVA MFA

The Artist’s Choice

Cigdem Asatekin considers the perspective of the “Rückenfigur” in Celine Sciamma’s film “Portrait of a Lady”

Art Criticism, art writing, Caspar David Friedrich, Celine Sciamma, Cigdem Asatekin, Degree Critical, featured, SVA MFA

In the Air: On Points of Connection

Zeny May D. Recidoro reviews West Space Offsite’s second digital issue

Andy Butler, Art Criticism, art writing, Camila Galaz, Degree Critical, featured, James Nguyen, Jazz Money, Lesley-Anne Cao, Nikki Lam, West Space Gallery, West Space Offsite, zeny may d. recidoro

A Prototype for Survival

Naomi Lev considers in the role of the body in Yaara Zach’s BLACK FRIDAY exhibition

Art Criticism, art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Givon Art Gallery, Naomi Lev, SVA MFA, Yaara Zach

In the Face of a Pandemic, A Virtual Gallery Hop

Editor-in-Chief Jessica Holmes looks back at eight installations reviewed by Degree Critical

Art Criticism, art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Jessica Holmes, SVA MFA

A Declaration

E. A. Bryant III, L.P.I. examines American iconoclasm and a perennial state of “recuperation”

Art Criticism, art writing, Degree Critical, E. A. Bryant III, featured, Iconoclasm, SVA MFA

Everything Is Contaminated, Pt. 1

Lune Ames traces how a garden and art installations in vacant storefronts reacquainted them with the notion of contamination

73 See Gallery, Amy Gofton, Armando 'Outthere' Diaz, Art Criticism, art writing, Charlie Spademan, Clerestory Fine Art, Covid-19, Dan Fenelon, Degree Critical, featured, Fresh Air Montclair, HiCoup, Kate Dodd, Lune Ames, Monika Smerdal, Oliver Lake, Steve Kelly, Studio Nectar, Yvette Lucas

The Curse of Prophesy: Gery Georgieva’s “Sybil’s Noon Shower of Stones”

Amelia Rina explores the dystopian forecasts of algorithmic prophecies in Georgieva’s multimedia installation

Amelia Rina, Art Criticism, art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Gery Georgieva, Joy Buolamwini, SVA MFA

Respiratory Failure

Jessica Holmes addresses America’s systemic racism as a form of suffocation amidst the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic

Art Criticism, art writing, Christian Cooper, Covid-19, Degree Critical, featured, George Floyd, Jessica Holmes, SVA MFA

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The MFA program in Art Writing at SVA was established in 2007 for writers with a focus on visual arts and criticism as a place to hone this special craft. Degree Critical, initiated soon after as the department’s online publication, has grown to encompass writing by students, faculty, and alumni, making it an unparalleled space on the Internet for perceptive and relevant critical writing.


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