Curatorial Rationale & Exhibition Text IBDP Visual Art @ RAK Academy

Curatorial Rationale Details required In no more than 700 words explain the following: Introduce yourself (the artist) and the exhibition. Do you want an exhibition title each or one overarching title? Explain ‘the big idea‘ (that is, the scope and purpose of the exhibition and any major theme/s). Explain why these artworks were selected for this exhibition, what your artistic intentions were/are, how you intend for the audience to view these pieces and/or the impact you hope the art will have on the audience. Note any information that is not specific to just one artwork that you want the audience to know: for example, connections between artworks, or connections between your source/s of inspiration and the artworks etc. 1MB maximum, PDF file type. Email a copy to Ms Reilly.

IBO-OCC quote: At the highest level of achievement in Criterion D: The first demand is for students to justify the selection of works that they have retained for their exhibition. This might include technical strengths, how meaning is conveyed and how the works selected contribute to the overall exhibition. The students should be able to complete this before they have access to the space. The second demand is for students to demonstrate that they have considered how the audience moves through the space and interacts with it (relationships that the student suggests by the placement of works). This could partly be considered before hanging the work, in terms of which works will be hung or displayed together and why, and perhaps just edited to reflect any changes from what they had planned to what was accomplishable. Students could indicate compromises that they have had to make in displaying their work that were dictated by the space available. How important is the statement? Overall, it relates directly to 3 out of a possible 30 marks, but might also galvanise the marks awarded for criterion A, B and C.

Curatorial Rationale Think of this piece as the introduction to your exhibition. Often in art gallery spaces there is an introduction to the exhibition in a brochure and/or it is presented as wall text. This information introduces the audience to the artist(s) and explains the big idea behind the exhibition, the idea that connects all the artworks. It is normally written in third person, for example, “Hany and Alreem are Year 13 students at RAK Academy”.

Exhibition Text Details required: Artwork title, Artist, Year created, Medium, Size PLUS 500 characters (including spaces) that briefly outline the original intention/ ideas behind the work, or explain why & how you created this piece of work. Go from specific to general information, proofread your work, cut it back to only the essential information stated clearly and then proofread it again. Check you have related each artwork back to 'the big idea‘. Print and mount the exhibition text beside the relevant artwork at chest height for an average adult. Plus email it to Ms Reilly < kendal.reilly@rakacdemy.org >. Note: Use this text to acknowledge source/s if the work is directly appropriated from another image or uses components that have not been fabricated by the student.

EXAMPLE Exhibition Text:

Note: You may wish to produce your exhibition text in more than one language. In wish case you may align English to the left and Arabic to the right side by side.

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