{"id":474,"date":"2026-03-14T20:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ratwestern.co.za\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2026-03-15T12:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T10:49:15","slug":"the-critic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ratwestern.co.za\/index.php\/the-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CRITIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-474\" data-postid=\"474\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-474 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_0r6r759 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_2r8l759 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_1qyh759  tb_hide_divider\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    THE CRITIC (2002)            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/ratwestern.co.za\/index.php\/art\">RETURN TO ART MENU<\/a>\n            <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ssoo20 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_42ao20 first\">\n                    <!-- module video -->\n<div  class=\"module module-video tb_p2bw964 video-top  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"video-wrap-outer\">\n            <div class=\"video-wrap tf_rel tf_overflow\">\n                                    <noscript><iframe data-no-script src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qwVk1YtvOsY?pip=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;t=88s\" allow=\"accelerometer;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;fullscreen\" class=\"tf_abs tf_w tf_h\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n                                <\/div>\n            <!-- \/video-wrap -->\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/video-wrap-outer -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_7mh5759 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_1yeh759 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_yh3x759   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><em>The Critic <\/em>is a hand-drawn stop-frame animation that references Picasso&#8217;s <em>Les Demoiselles d&#8217;Avignon<\/em> to examine the complex relationship between artists, their work and critical reception.<\/p>\n<h6><em>The Critic was awarded first prize in the University of the Witwatersrand Martienssen Prize Competition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2002.<\/em><\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Critic is a hand-drawn stop-frame animation that references Picasso&#8217;s Les Demoiselles d&#8217;Avignon to examine the complex relationship between artists, their work and critical reception. 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