Tuesday, October 26, 2010

"100 Records"

Visit Cinders Gallery and scroll down and click on the "100 Records" link on the right side. Read the press release and explore the record covers on your own and answer the following questions. You may (A) write the answers on loose leaf and place them in your folder or (B) Copy and paste the questions into your gmail and email me your answers. If you don't finish you can save a DRAFT in gmail and finish the questions tomorrow.

1. Whose ‘big idea’ or art is ‘100 Records’? Where and when did the show take place?


2. How long did it take make the show and how many people did it involve?



3. What different roles did people ‘play’ in creating the show? Identify two different people/groups and what they contributed to the art show.




4. Look through the album cover images and choose one record to describe in detail. What artist made the record cover? What is the title? What text/words can you see or read? What ‘subjects’ can you identify? What elements of art can you identify in the album cover?








5. Briefly analyze how the artist composed the composition. How has the artist arranged the text, images, and elements in the space of the 7” square?






6. Briefly interpret what story or mood the record cover conveys to you.






7. Why did you choose this record cover? Why does it connect with you?

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