Hrag Vartanian has written an interesting piece about the good and bad aspects of blogging about Art and art practice. In What I Love & Hate About Art Blogging positive and negative aspects of the genre are teased out.
I found myself agreeing with 90% of the article, with the exception being that more flaming was needed in the community. I disagree as flaming closes conversations and blogging is for me about conversing and teasing out ideas. Just as Art stimulates ideas and provokes questions blogs can also stimulate and push ideas. Flaming can stop that process and runs counter to why I read blogs. I am not suggesting that we approach Art in a mindless manner but there is a difference between considered critical analysis and flaming. I know there is a strong tradition of criticism in the Art world but perhaps the model needs at least to be questioned particularly when it shifts to morphing into something else online.
Slorker has published a great post on Pictures that Changed the World. It’s a great compilation of photos that makes you think.
