Santa Monica College art final 1

Create an artwork that is stylistically or conceptually linked to an artist, artwork or movement that has been discussed over the course of the semester. This project does not necessarily require artistic skill in the traditional sense (you don’t need to be able to paint like an Old Master). You can choose any medium including paint, collage, photography, performance, video, music or anything else that comes to mind. If the work is too large to bring to class then a slide or photograph of the artwork/event will suffice. The work must in some way address a historical figure, artwork, style, theme, philosophy, event or movement that has been studied in this class.

Your work should address these issues from a fresh perspective. The goal is not to reproduce a work or idea from the past but to interpret or critique it in a subjective manner that sheds new light on an older idea. In support of your visual arts project you will be required to turn in a one-page artist’s statement that explains why you chose the subject and what you intended to communicate to the viewer. Feel free to discuss your ideas with me in advance. Your grade for this project will be based on the conceptual strength of the project and not the beauty or skill required to create the work.

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Are you a Curator?

What does a curator do? He or she comes up with ideas for exhibitions that they think are important or interesting to the public, selects the artworks for display, writes brochures or wall labels, and sometimes give tours of the exhibition. Imagine that you have been given this job and the director of your museum has asked you to come up with a concept for an art exhibition that includes at least five works of art that were either discussed in the lectures or in your textbook. The works in your exhibition must support a common theme or idea that you think would be compelling for the public but should not need to be of the same time period, style, or by a single artist. Be creative and message me with your concept so in advance so that I may approve it before you get too far along.

Once you have decided on the artworks to be displayed, create either an exhibition brochure or film/record yourself giving a tour of the show. If you choose the exhibition brochure, it must include at 500 words of text explaining the theme and why each work was selected. If you film yourself giving a tour, you must do it in a format that can be be shared. For both options, be sure to explain why you made the choices you did and how the works relate to each other.