Such a good writing on the problems of an art education.

The discussion that the GLAMFA panel had got me thinking about the values and drawbacks to art education and reminded me of this biting critique by Hickey.

Dave Hickey
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So we live in a moment when works of art are defined by their opacity, and we don't care what they mean. Art criticism that seeks to endow difficult works of art with an element of transparency is regarded with suspicion. Members of the art world, like the adepts of a mystery cult, tread softly, lest some casual explanation shatter the altars at which they worship. This moment of willful incuriosity seems an appropriate occasion to reconsider the sites upon which the franchise is extended and the regime of difficulty is escalated--to parse the costs and benefits of graduate education in art in the United States. The wind shear in these schools is at its most extreme, as educators with marginal credentials indoctrinate students of marginal literacy in a discourse that is utterly irrelevant.

go here for the rest:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_3_97/ai_n31979616/?tag=content;col1