Student Organizer
      Activity Two


Choose a conceptual artist and research the following:


About the artist:
  • When they lived, where they lived, major art movements going on at the time
  • Who influenced their work
About a piece of their artwork:
  • What objects are in the work?
  • How are the objects placed in relation to one another?
  • What colors are used?
  • What senses is the artist appealing to?
  • Which elements stand out the most?
  • Why do you think the artist made those elements stand out more?
  • What messages did the artists want to send to the viewer, if any?
Suggested list of conceptual artists:
  • John Cage
  • Yoko Ono
  • Lawrence Weiner
  • Marcel Duchamp
  • Sol Lewitt
  • Joseph Kosuth
  • Robert Smithson
Use these sites as a starting point for your research:


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