Topics in Contemporary Art
Minimum: 1000-1200 words 3-4 pages
The interview Paper.
In this paper you are going to choose one of the artists who we studied over the semester ( KARA WALKER )
and you are going to imagine that you interview him/her/they for an art magazine.
– You have to create the questions and also the answers. A minimum of 8 questions.
The answers should be each a long paragraph.
– Your questions must have to do mostly with their work. Only use biographical details if
they are relevant and important to understand their work.
– Choose your questions wisely so they can help you to write interesting answers and
ensure that the paper will be long enough.
– The questions/answers can cover topics such:
– technical process
– creative processes.
– Sources of the work
– Relation to other artworks, other artists, other art movements.
– The issues important in the work: think about:
gender, discrimination racism, the body, the importance of politics, the importance of
technology.
– Meaning(s) of the work.
– Select an artist whose work you like and find interesting. Do research concerning
their work, history, exhibition history. Read interviews in magazine online to get an idea
of what an interview is really about. You can use these online publications:
Hyperallergic, Artnews.com.
You can also find art magazines such as Art in America or Art Forum in the periodical
section of the Library.
– use specific artworks by the artist (include title and date) to support the questions and
answers.
For ex:
Question:Your work(-title-) of (-date-) incorporate the theme of (– theme-).Can you
plain its importance for you?
– Do not forget to cite the sources of information in the body of your essay. Refer to
the Citation Guide posted on Brightspace under Course Units.
Your paper will be grades following these criteria:
Spelling and grammar
Pertinence of the questions and answers
Knowledge of the artwork of the artist you selected.
Sources used and cited (at least 4 sources, art magazines or scholarly articles).
