Criteria

I often struggle with identifying the criteria on which my work should be judged. There's technique, formal issues, theories, on and on. "Criteria" is a slippery issue because it changes from artist to artist and even from work to work. Henry Geldzahler talked about "memorability" and about the relevance of art to art history and to its own time.

One thing I keep coming back to for myself is this: What happens if the art is taken from its well-lighted site in the white cube, from its buffer from the masses, from its protective custody? What happens if it's left to fend for itself on the street?