Dave Hickey On Critique

"My one rule is that I do not do group crits. They are social occasions that reinforce the norm. They impose a standardized discourse. They privilege unfinished, incomplete art... If you're not sick, don't call the doctor... I don't care about an artist's intentions. I care if the work looks like it might have some consequences."

Perhaps it is that they not only privilege but promote incomplete art. How often is it that we present our work in what we would call its most finalized, properly presented state? Although I some times agree that a work of art is never finished, why do we not more often take it upon ourselves to present it as such? Or come up with an alternative to the customary critique ritual?