My Art Exhibit

    The "Art Exhibit" curating project was a great culmination of what we learned in AED 200. It incorporated, researching, looking at various kinds of art, describing, analyzing and interpreting. I chose the theme of surrealism for my exhibit because this has always been one of my favorite genres of art. The imagery of surrealism can be startling because it challenges what we know of reality and puts it on its head. The imagery juxtaposes the real with the completely imagined which it what I like about it. I also think that it is an interesting art form because it deals with the most complex thoughts of the humans psyche. I really liked researching for this project because I was able to learn about so much more surrealistic art that I didn't know exsisted previously.Since I was trying to creates a retrospective, at first I was unsure I would be able to find early works of art that were surrealistic. However, "ARTstor" proved to be a great resource, I simply use their advanced search tool too  find just what I needed. I also found the website Wikipaintings.org to be very helpful since I was unable to download the images from ARTstor.
     As far as the aesthetics of my actual Powerpoint, I decided I wanted to keep them simple and sophisticated. I wanted the viewer to focus more on the art than an overwhelming background. I thought about most of the modern museums that I have been to that are simply designed with just white walls as not to distract from the art itself. Altogether, I enjoyed discovering and interpreting new art and I can't wait to discover more when I see my peers' "exhibits".