Conclusion

The process of organizing an exhibit isn’t nearly as easy as I assumed it would be. Even now, I don’t think that my exhibit would prove workable in the real world. It was a struggle to decide what art to display, the theme of a show. I completed three rounds of research on three different topics before finally settling on the topic I found the most interesting. The first theme that I tried was art related to war, the second nature. I ended up bored with both of them before I’d even finished the blog.  Finally, at eight P.M. the night that the final was through, I thought ‘the hell with this, I’m doing something fun that I will enjoy writing about and researching.’  And so I did.

The hardest part of organizing the a ‘show’ featuring different artists, is to try and make it cohesive. There were a thousand paintings, sculptures and carvings I could have chosen from. Many of them didn’t have identified artists, though, so it made it somewhat easier to narrow things down. The next challenge was somehow making the show cohesive. I’m still not sure that I managed to do that, though my topic was broad enough to offer an easily linked thread.

As soon as I selected a topic that fit me best, the rest came with ease. I knew what art I wanted to include as soon as I saw it. I made a list of paintings that I saw which fit my topic, then researched them one by one to fill out the information required. I couldn’t remember every piece of art listed in our textbook, so I hope that I didn’t select anything from there.  On the off chance that I did, I included an extra image.

There were so many things that I wanted to include that I didn’t have enough information on to add, so I put them at the end of the presentation as extras. I hope you enjoyed looking through my show as much as I enjoyed creating it.