In chapter 2 of the “Critique Handbook” it begins the chapter about the meaning of meaning and significance. When the viewer views a piece of work there could be infinite meanings to what message is being said or what the artist wants to be seen. A piece of art can have more than one meaning to really no intentions of meaning anything. In order to get something out of a piece the artists uses many techniques to get the viewer to think about what is being shown. Related to all this it is very important to what medium is being used, what is included in the piece, the obvious and not so obvious, and so on.
The artist’s subject in a critique will have the audience think about whom or what is being shown along. When two pieces are being compared of the same figures there are a lot of times where the same subject can give the person critiquing it a different feeling of emotion. Another thing to look at is the artist, and also the person critiquing, his or her gender, race, sexuality, and religion. That can really make both people look at the piece very different, like the example of a male painting a nude female or a female painting a nude female and vice versa and the different feelings the person critiquing may feel about the certain artist painting that certain subject.
There is so much to think about when critiquing a piece. It really makes you think about what is being critiqued, by who, and the message being said. The meaning behind the piece is important and really ties in to who created the piece, the background of the artist, and the important. This chapter really asked a lot of important questions to the viewers and what to think about when critiquing and not just by simply looking at a piece but to get deep down into thought which also makes up for a good conversation for the piece.
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