- In this Curatorial Essay you will pull together or 'curate' an exhibition of eight to ten (8-10) works of art by one (1) Canadian artist from the list
below. These artists' works of art can be found in the CCCA database (Canadian Centre For Contemporary Art) at:
http://ccca.concordia.ca/start.html?languagePref=en&
Please look at ALL these artists before choosing which one you will curate.
Kim Adams
Ian Baxter
Ron Benner
Marlene Creates
Andy Fabo
Max Streicher
Joyce Wieland
David Thauberger
Geoffrey James
Jin-Me Yoon
Paul Wong
Pudlo Pudlat
For instructions on how to use the CCCA website to search, click on “How to Use CCCA” available under “Resources for Assignments” on the
course homepage. - As one might find if one visited a real life gallery, art exhibitions are usually accompanied by an exhibition catalogue that discusses at length the
work in it. For your virtual exhibition, you must choose eight to ten (8-10) images by one artist. THIS IS NOT TO BE A CHRONOLOGICAL
SURVEY OF THE ARTIST'S WORK nor is it to be a biography. Instead, ALL IMAGES SHOULD BE THEMATICALLY RELATED. (However, they
need not be visually related.) Your job is to 'tie them together' with your curatorial essay by fnding an 'umbrella' theme that allows you to discuss all
the works. Discuss the theme; discuss how the works ft into or are examples of the theme.
After selecting the work to include in your virtual exhibition, you - the curator - will then write a catalogue essay the purpose of which is to unfold
the work in terms of the artist's intentions and ideas based on the research you have done abut the artist and her/his work.