ABSTRACT
Isee the relation of the critic and the visual arts today as a problem in quantity. A critic has to face many artists and many styles existing simultaneously. It is a one-and-the-many situation, in which the one is under constant pressure from a crowded scene. It is a relationship that critics have found various ways of minimizing or avoiding. This problem, on the one hand, of quantity of work and, on the other hand, of an art criticism which delights in simplifying the abundance and cutting it down has an historical background that needs discussion.
