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'Publicity for the recently held critics' conference claimed that "somewhere...lies the truth about critics and the need for reviews". But was it able to offer any suggestions as to where that place may be?'

Notes

  • Genuine works of Art carry their own aethetic theory implicit within them and suggest the standards according to which they are to be judged." Goethe, private letter, 1808.
  • Call the shots as you see them, and stay until the end. - Editor's advice to Melbourne theatre critic, Len Radic.
  • A critique should be the opening shot in an artistic debate. It should not become the definitive statement. - Perth critic Ron Banks.
  • This Inaugural Conference is the second of its type. The first was in Adelaide in 1986. Critic Jeremy Eccles, at the Perth Inaugural Conference.

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    y separately published work icon Fremantle Arts Review FAR vol. 8 no. 4 & 5 April/May 1993 Z1097044 1993 periodical issue 1993 pg. 15-17
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