CONTEMPORARY ART PRIMER

You’ve been assigned to a team. Each team has a list of a few artists, widely perceived as important in their respective fields and movements. Your job is to look at their work and describe to the class what it is that you see.

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1. Find 3 to 5 hi-res work examples for each artist online.

Try to find a picture of the artist, too (if you can). Learn a little about each artists’ life, and what ART MOVEMENT they were/are associated with.

2. Put the images into a presentation on Google Docs.

3. Really LOOK at the work. Help your team to prepare a presentation. Be prepared to speak briefly about each artist, their work, and the movements they were involved in. Mainly, examine their work. Try to describe only what you see, without passing judgement on the work (yet). Use lots of descriptive words to help your presentation. Remember, try not to pass judgement on the work. YET!

"Indian No. 16" by Fritz Scholder, oil on canvas, 71"x 71"