RESEARCH PHASE 1: TUES/WED 26/27

ARTIST STATEMENT

1. Write 3 sentences describing your weaknesses as an imagemaker (only one sentence about technical difficulties).

2. Write 3 sentences describing your strengths (only one sentence about technical strengths).

3. Use your answers to the following questions to write a statement on consistencies in your work.

A. Conceptual style and content

Are you interested in certain subjects? Do you use irony or humor in your images?

Do you use mood - are there moods that you repeatedly display?

B. What type of images do you like to take?

C. Which assignment did you find most rewarding and why?

D. What visual approaches do you consistently employ? Which do you not employ?

Compositional, color, tone, scale, texture,

Your statement is due in one hour. It must be in paragraph form, not just in Q & A format.

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ARTIST PRESENTATION

Using what you wrote in your statement, find 3 artists whose work you admire. Consider choosing someone who shares some of your interests as an artist. It is probably best not to choose a photographer. You could choose a musician or writer, they do not have to be a visual artist. But they do need to have written substantially about their process and craft.

Go to the library and see what is available on the artist you chose. You can also use the internet to get an idea of what is out there. Exhibition catalogues can be a great resource for writing on your artist. You can choose someone who others have written extensively on, who do not necessarily write themselves. However, it will be easier for you if they have authored essays/artist statements on their own work.

HOMEWORK DUE the 3rd:

Present their work and ideas to the class (5-7 minutes)

1. Who were they inspired by? Who were their contemporaries?

2. What were they fighting against?

3. Why did they choose to make work?

4. What is their work about?

a. their point of view >> artist statements, interviews, essays

b. critics point of view >> art reviews, essays introducing exhibitions, collections of writings

c. Discuss what you have in common with this artist in terms of your own imagemaking process.

NOTE: do not want to hear story of their life, only their ideas >> you MUST have images/sound/text to support your representation of their ideas. You must have at least 10 examples in your presentation.

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HOMEWORK DUE 9/10: 10 photographs based their ideas >> your images must not resemble their work