In your essay, please include the name of the exhibition(exhibition should be italicized) you are analyzing, as well as the URL if your chosen exhibition is online.
Think about the following questions and jot down some notes. Your answers to these questions will become the body of your essay.
1.Is the exhibition planned around a certain theme? A specific art movement or individual artist? How is that theme/subject made clear to the viewer? Through the art works displayed? Through text, audio, video? Through the exhibition title?
2.Describe the webpage set up and how you navigate through it.
3.Is it clear how you should advance through/interact with the exhibition? What indicators suggest how you should navigate the exhibition?
4.How are the art works organized within the exhibition? Chronologically? By artist? Thematically? Another way?
5.How is the exhibited artwork contextualized? In other words, how are the art works explained to the audience? Through text, video, audio? Something else?
After viewing the exhibition…
Your essay should address the following questions specifically:
- In your opinion, what was the goal of your chosen exhibition? (This is your argument/thesis statement.)
- In your opinion, were the goals of the exhibition achieved? Why or why not? How were the goals achieved or not achieved? (This is where your answers to the above questions will come into play.)
- In your opinion, could the exhibition be improved? How so? Be specific in your suggestions. (This often serves as a good conclusion to your essay.)
Vincent Van Gogh's Love Life is the online exhibition I choose for this essay
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/3wUxmCmHZqZVew