Artists and Curating
Creator, Viewer, Curator
This section of the website explores the importance of looking at, responding to and presenting art to the world. The Visual Arts Guide encourages students to become aware of how art is curated and displayed, how artists think and present work as well as make it. Students will consider their own their intentions and views on why and how they make their work as part of their coursework.
It is important to develop this kind of "curatorial thinking" in our students to prepare them to become curators of their own art and to become sensitive to and inquisitive about the way art is presented and communicated.
Explore each section to find the resources you need
Curatorial Practice
discussion of artist and viewer experience, methods of display, gallery visits and questions, and curating activites. Curatorial practice is a bit of a buzzword lately, with courses and programs in Curatorial Studies offered at Art Colleges and Universities all over the world. The IB, in line with 21st century skills...
Documenting Artwork
An examiner sees only the photograph, not the original work, so make sure the documentation is as good as can beOnce students have completed and selected the works for The Exhibition they will need to...
Methods of Display
For Part 3, The Exhibition students are required to set up and present a selection of work, considering methods of display.assessment objectives:Students need to recognize coherence and connection among...
Finding a Focus
Developing continuity is key to creating a body of work that has unity, rather than a collection of unrelated pieces. All you need to do is look at most great artists and how they relentlessly pursued...
Art Trips and Exhibition Venues
This section takes a look at how to get the most out of Exhibition Visits with resources for Planning an Exhibition Visit and activities/handouts such as Four Ways of Looking at ArtMuseums and galleries...
Critiques
guidelines, questions and suggestions for group and individual reflections and feedback.Think of the critique as a collaborative experience. It is a group search for visual solutions, for meaning, and purpose and new ideas.IB Art teachers can use the critique as an opportunity for encouraging...
Selected Artists and Shows
Looking at artwork by going to exhibitions or even checking in virtually with what's out there is one of the best ways to get ideas for teaching projects. Discovering artists that are...
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Selected Pages
Bill Viola, Electronic Renaissance 28 February 2019
Video art can sometimes be associated with indecipherable, conceptually obscure or simply sleep inducing footage in dark...
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Onggi Master 2 September 2017
Onggi is traditional Korean earthenware made from clay with a high percentage of iron and hand formed on a kick wheel. Onggi...
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William Kentridge 4 JIB Docs (2) Teamary 2023
“William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows,” is a new show which opened recently at the Broad Museum in Los Angeles and...
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Betye Saar 19 September 2022
This resource refers to an exhibition of the now 96 year old African American artist Betye Saar at MOMA the Museum of Modern...
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Post Modernism 24 August 2022
Of all movements in art and design history, Post Modernism is perhaps the most controversial.If Modernism upheld utopian...
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Alexander McQueen 19 December 2020
“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”—Alexander...
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