Vinka Shonibare (the artist you will do research on) You will need to do a
week
Vinka Shonibare (the artist you will do research on)You will need to do a week’s worth of
varied, reliable, plentiful, and thorough research onlinemaking sure to document all sources
as you will need to provide a bibliography to me when you post your “curated” exhibition.
Always pay attention to the individual work of art that may be the best five examples of this
artist’s work for your “exhibition.” Your curatorial statement willbe two to three pages and
it should be formally-written, cited, well-written, and free from error. You will also provide
five works that are representative of the artist’s mature work andaddress the notion of
community in some way. You should NOT concentrate on introductorybiographical
information other than birth date and nationality (unless the information is crucial to the
artist’s practice). Don’t discuss his or her education, family information, etc…. Focus on the
providing the context and motivation for the body of work/s you have chosen. For example,
one of the artists, Ai wei wei created a series of large scale architectural installations out of
children’s backpacks. He made these out of the same number of backpacks every time and
that was the number of children who died in a horrifying earthquake while at their
provincial schools. The government would not let the public know that hundreds of children
died (partially because of substandard construction of the schools). Ai wei wei’s early
education is not at all relevant to this discussion but the context is- the earthquake itself as
well as the Chinese political situation.You will provide five images of works which you
identify completely (artist, title, date, medium, location, and dimensions). You may include
up to three detail images for each work if they add to our understanding. You will need to
provide a short caption for each work explaining how it fits into the artist’s dialogue with
some aspect of community.