Chatterbox or Critic?
Art student tears up her own painting in front of the class following a negative critique.
The student presents her painting to the others of the art class.
As the remarks are made in the room, she remains silent. Abruptly, though, she erupts, smashing her artwork and screaming.
After receiving a negative review, an art student destroys her own painting in front of the class. It's meant to be constructive criticism?
It can be challenging to accept constructive criticism about your work after hours of laborious work. However, one art student took her rage to a whole new level and completely destroyed her painting. The drama was recorded and uploaded to YouTube.
Most people like to visit YouTube on most days to watch sharp videos and commentary that advances the conversation about art. Here I present to you this gem of a mid-critique artist research, which is a must-watch for any cultured person or fan of viral video breakdowns, with the supreme respect for that sensibility.
The video begins with the student presenting her painting to her art class. Her work depicts a brunette female portrait with a line painted through her eyes.
She explains her motivations for her work, then pauses as the class begins to provide feedback.
'I feel like the line should be a more solid color, I think it should make a high contrast between the figure and the line,' one classmate suggests. The girl stands motionless, holding the canvas, as the comments are made in the room. She remains silent as the comments are made in the room. But then she raises her palm and explodes, next throws the canvas against the wall and stamps her foot through it. She picks it up again and whacks it against the wall before slamming it to the ground. She continues to destroy her painting in front of the class while yelling and swearing.
'It looks like under worked outsider art, in a way you were successful like that in a way because you were trying to pretend you didn't work the paint.' another voice in the room says. Outsider art, she explains, is created by people who are 'untrained.'
'I like that you went a different direction to what you normally do, but I think that the face looks like you and you do a lot of art that is focused on yourself because you are a fashion designer so you work from your own body and I don't know if you meant to do that...' says another.
As the girl finishes her sentence, she is interrupted by the art student, who raises her hand and explodes. 'OK listen, this is f****** bull****,' she exclaims.
'I'm sorry, but this f****** project took up so much of my time.'
Then, she throws the canvas against the wall and stamps her foot through it.
She picks it up again and slams it against the wall before slamming it to the floor.
Her final act of destruction is when she tries to break it up against her body while swearing.
She eventually storms out of the room, exhausted by her efforts.
Many users have expressed doubts about the authenticity of the scenario since the video was posted online. 'Clearly, this is performance art. 'Why else would they be recording her?' writes one YouTube user.
'This is fake, I'm not buying it,' wrote another. 'The conversation is just boring because of the overuse of the word 'like,' and then she freaks out about nothing.'
Another user, however, stated that 'she was unconfident about her work and she got beat down by her peers.'
What concerns me the most is the people in the class complete lack of verbal skills. "Like um, well I was like um, trying to ya know..." If I had to listen to these people talk, I'd also potentially take the painting and strike them with it to silence them.
It has nothing to do with art, but I am horrified by the critics' verbal inadequacies. I couldn't seriously take a single word of their criticism - I add the parenthetical question mark because - apparently, all of their remarks ended in them, whether interrogative or not. Why do their accent appear to have lost their ability to speak intelligently? These students verbal skills are far from the worst we hear on TV shows or street interviews, even worse than Non-native English speakers. Do educational system requires a major overhaul? Simply listen to a typical man or woman on the street interview from 10, 20 years ago. We sound like idiots in comparison to them. What occurred?
We can hear how is the teacher voice, which is a dead giveaway that is how a painting (Fine Art) turns a master performance piece. Combine that with the uninformed feedback and the short amount of time it took the "student" to destroy her painting, and you have an internet video that has sparked some positive discussion about what it's like to be in Art School vs. the Realities of making it as an artist.
Why Making Bad Art and Becoming a Good Artist? Criticizing critics. The prerequisite for a bad student to become a good artist is that you can be unconditionally skeptical and refute critics' criticism. You can also criticize critics for being unqualified on reasonable grounds. Criticize critics - speaking is ability, but shut-up is wisdom.
A noteworthy comment as below:
Annukka Mikkola
9:51 AM
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Helsinki, Finland
Artpendix Press
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