Artist Report

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

– To practice research/library skills
– To practice using our art analysis skills/vocabulary
– To learn more about individual artists mentioned in our textbook
– To practice verbal presentation skills

Everyone will give a verbal research presentation on an artist at midterm. You may select any artist we have or will touch on in class or have seen/read about in our readings. No two people can report on the same artist.


ARTISTS:

FROM OUR TEXTBOOK
Dan Graham, Sophie Calle, Uta Barth, Roni Horn, Marina Abromovic

FROM “MEMORY PALACE” AT CINCINNATI CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
Spencer Finch [Sky Over Coney Island (November 21, 2014 1:14pm)]
Sarah Francis Hollis [A Novel About All of the Things I Have Forgotten]
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba [Happy New Year: Memorial Project Vietnam II]
Mike Kelley
Dennis Oppenheim [2 Stage Transfer Drawing: Advancing to a Future State]
William Kentridge
Michael Ashkin [Where Hiding Places Are Many, Escape Only One (from the cities series)]
Hans Op de Beeck [Staging Silence (2)]


 

Presentations must cover some biographical information, analyze at least 1 of the artist’s most relevant works (relevant to the theme of our class) in terms of subject, form, content and context, and relate the artist and the work to the larger context of art history (what artists or artworks influenced your artist). You must have an introduction and conclusion/summary.

The entire presentation should be accompanied by images that illustrate your talk. A PowerPoint presentation or Prezi will work well. You may also show a brief video (no more than 1 minute) to help illustrate your presentation, and the overall presentation will be no longer than 7-8 minutes long (there will be a timer).

Students must also turn in a printed “Works Cited” page that contains the citations of at least 5 sources. 1 may be found online, however 4 of the sources must be books or articles from the WVWC library, databases, or interlibrary loan. Remember, most of the artists listed are alive and have websites where you can find their contact information – do not hesitate to contact them with questions if you cannot find the answers through traditional research. However, interviewing the artist does not excuse the required Works Cited above; it is simply a highly effective addition to the research. The printed Works Cited is due on the day of the presentations.


 

GRADING:
Biographical information – 2pts
Discuss subject of the performance – 2pts
Discuss form of the performance – 2pts
Discuss content of the performance – 2pts
Discuss context of the performance – 2pts
Quality of illustrations/video – 2pts
Strong conclusion/summary – 1 pt
Presentation skills (loud clear voice, looking at audience, etc) – 3pts
Evidence of practice and preparation – 4pts
Turn in printed Works Cited list – 4pts


 

To help us prepare for this research project, we will be trained at the library by Beth Rodgers on Wed, Feb 18, at 3pm.

The WVWC Library offers information resources for students at all levels and all disciplines.  Library resources are a key component of academic success.  Google and Wikipedia as research tools will not lead to acceptable research assignments, papers, or presentations.  The library’s reference and instructional staff is available in person, by phone, by email, by text, and via reference chat on the library homepage to assist students with research inquiries. If you are not familiar with using the library, please ask for assistance from the library’s personnel or visit the library homepage for assistance (http://amplibrary.wvwc.edu/libraryhome).

Art @ Your Library – See Beth Rogers for additional assistance, librarian@wvwc.edu

ArtSTOR – The ARTstor Digital Library is a nonprofit resource that provides over 1.5 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research

Oxford Art Online – Oxford Art Online offers access to the most authoritative, inclusive, and easily searchable online art resources available today. Through a single, elegant gateway users can access – and simultaneously cross-search – an expanding range of Oxford’s acclaimed art reference works: Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of ARtis, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online.

Biography in Context – Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with 600,000+ biographical entries – on more than 528,000 individuals – spanning history and geography.

JSTOR – Electronic archiving of key journals in a multitude of academic disciplines, including over 500 art and art history journals

Discovery – a federated search tool that allows searching across multiple publisher platforms.