Which is more suitable for an artist as feedback?

As an artist we can all have some sort of feedback after we publish our work. This type of feedback is split into two categories, review and criticism. Although the two may appear similar, but both of them differ greatly. As mentioned in my class, the critics focus more on technical and social aspects of the product, while review only talks about whats already in the product. The article online was also describing it and other forms of criticism in the past and the present(Dena,C. 2015). Although, was caught my eyes was the part about how we can handle journalists. This article was what i needed, because i have no idea how to handle criticism or review. In there they talked how we need to know about the journalist,critics and reviewers, what article they talk about, what is their point of interest, and making personal messages for those people(Dena). Although i will not follow all of the steps. I was always taught to write formal letters if i am communicating with other people. This is why i won't be able to implement my humor there much often. Moving on to which one will actually help an artist more, i would  go for criticism. Criticism can give the artist more information on what he or she needs to change or improve in the final product to give better results in the future. There are some social and professional issues involved in this though. Like how there are not many critics out there and it will make it more challenging for the producer to make a better product. This in turn will make the consumers wait longer or be disappointed in the upcoming product. I would most likely be a critic guy myself and try to help out other producers with their product by giving my critique.


Reference:

Dena, C.(2015).Week 4: Critics, Reviewers & Your Art. Retrieved: March 5th, 2015, from https://medium.com/self-directed-practitioners/week-4-critics-reviewers-and-journalists-8bd8666d2f3