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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

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

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

Barefoot Suicide

Sumeja Tulic commemorates Ferida and those lost in the Srebrenica genocide 25 years ago

art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Srebrenica genocide, Sumeja Tulic, SVA MFA

Cultural Work as Parasitic Labor

Enos Nyamor considers the role of the artist among the classifications of “essential” and “non-essential” workers

art writing, Covid-19, Degree Critical, Enos Nyamor, essential worker, featured, L'Internationale, SVA MFA

Production of Anti-Social Distance

Enos Nyamor considers the “social” as a contemporary phenomenon in light of “social distancing” during the Covid-19 pandemic

art writing, Covid-19, Degree Critical, Enos Nyamor, featured, Michel Foucault, social distancing, SVA MFA

Empathy As Form

Kate Brock challenges contemporary notions of empathy & racism as a virus

art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Kate Brock, SVA MFA

“No New Theories” by Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Lauren Palmer reviews Rasheed’s monochromatic artist book

art writing, Degree Critical, featured, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Lauren Palmer, No New Theories, 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

Images in a Pandemic

Students reflect on image culture during quarantine

art writing, Covid-19, Degree Critical, featured, Pandemic imagery, Plague images, Quarantine, SVA MFA, Visual Culture

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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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