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Title: Alternative Display


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Alternative Display
  • The potential of unique surface choices in the
    exhibition of childrens art.
  • George Fisher/VREC

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My own ideas have been changed.
  • In my own work, it is the act of creating art
    that is important, and after the piece of art has
    been made it ceases to have much relevance. Yes,
    the art-making process itself is cathartic. It
    brings relief in the form of en-masse release of
    pent-up creative impulses.
  • But, I am also a teacher, so display methods for
    the students work have been pushed to the fore of
    my considerations.

3
  • Ive long been weary of the black frame, white
    mat, centered at 60 inches, each work equidistant
    from the other way of hanging a show that I
    learned as an art student.
  • Kids have the ability to think in new ways
    unrelated to our formal ideas about gallery
    display. Childrens ideas about display can be
    more fertile than established display norms.
    They generally look away from convention, and
    have outsiders unfettered perspectives on forms
    of display.

4
Dirty Car Art GalleryScott Wade,
2006http//www.dirtycarart.com/gallery/index.htm

5
More of Scott Wades workhttp//www.dirtycarart
.com/gallery/index.htm
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  • Student Involvement
  • If the students have a hand in the mounting of
    and the display of work, they will take
    ownership of it. Even if there are limited
    possibilities for standard locations regarding
    displays outside the art room, it should be our
    duty to at least give students some choices.
    Their decisions can be arrived at democratically,
    by voting.

7
  • Places of Display The kids want to have
    something on their doors, and most parents will
    let them decorate the door to their room. Will
    we? Perhaps we should consider decorated doors as
    door canvases, on which souvenirs from fast-food
    restaurants, family photos, and concert ticket
    stubs are playfully arrangedthe door is
    constantly worked on its messages to the family
    keep changing (Szekely, 2001, p. 21). The
    privilege of decorating the art room door should
    at times be awarded to the students.

8
Toronto TransitThis collection of drawings,
entitled ?Tricked Out TTC was created by
students from Oasis Alternative Secondary School
and West End Alternative Secondary School. An
exhibit featuring images of an advertising-free
TTC is on display from today until Sunday at
XPACE Gallery at 303 Augusta Ave. in Kensington
Market.A possible door displayhttp//transit.to
ronto.on.ca/archives/data/200601050100.shtml
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Other Places
  • Walls - provide the most space
  • Windows - sills and the panes themselves are good
    for translucent and transparent objects because
    of sunlight
  • Ceilings - things can be hung from tile dividers
    and/or netting can be installed to hold things.
    Tiles can be painted.
  • Floor - has a lot of unexplored possibilities,
    can be painted upon if okayed by administration,
    can be roped off to make the space for kids
    only
  • Trees - are custom made for hanging items from
  • Columns - have similar outcomes in comparison
    with displays in trees
  • Fences - Can be viewed as a less static wall
    space
  • Abandoned buildings - with restrictions
  • Sidewalks and streets - similar to floors, but as
    with all outdoor display, items on display should
    either be disposable or weatherproof

10
Heidelberg Project, Animals Hung in
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Lets not forget furniture!
  • http//www.murals4u.com/furniture1.html

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  • Furniture
  • All kinds of furniture can be utilized for
    display, including t.v.s, bookshelves, cabinets,
    and on and on. Boxes and crates also can figure
    prominently in the display of items. Sometimes
    kids will create a scenario for a pet.
    Envision a hamster with a display of figurines
    and toys grouped around his cage. This is a way
    of arranging dominant themes organized as
    artworks around the personal concerns of the
    artist (Szekely, 2001, p. 23).

13
  • Carry-around displays
  • Some displays can be deemed portable made to
    travel easily from one place to another. Hot
    Wheels cases or some of the Barbie cases come to
    mind. Children could make portable display cases
    without much difficulty. Cardboard or wood or
    even a transformed found box can fill the bill.
    They could become the Cornell Boxes of the 21st
    century.

14
  • Postmodernism? Yes!
  • Are these groupings that children indulge in
    to be defined as art? It is for the same reason
    that maybe Duchamp figures to be more influential
    than other of his contemporaries (subjectively)?
    Ready-mades from mass production make it easy for
    us to collect, hence the popularity of the
    figurines and trinkets we collect these days.
    Yes, its true that a lot of stuff the kids will
    display is mass-produced. They all have a lot of
    the same stuff, but its in their arrangements of
    the items that elevates their displays to
    original art levels (Szeleky,2001). Lets just
    call each display of different items a combine
    a la Raushenberg. And remember, were supposed
    to have an inclusive total view of all art, not
    just the black frame/white mat kind.

15
Unique Exhibitions
  • Maryland Newsline, Mural Fever
  • http//www.newsline.umd.edu/etcetera/murals/muralp
    age1.htm

16
More Heidelberg Project Work
17
Heidelberg Project, established by Tyree Guyton,
1986, Detroit, MIAll at http//www.agilitynut.com
/h/heidelberg.html
18
recycled buseshttp//detroityes.com/art/16heidel
berg5.htmThe city (Detroit)declared the
Heidelberg project an eyesore, and dismantled
part of it in 1999. It had been conceived by
Tyree Guyton, and consisted of found objects
strategically placed around both occupied and
abandoned buildings. Some objects were hung
in/adhered to trees. The buildings and other
parts of the scenery were painted in a mostly
polka-dotted motif.
19
http//www.thisnext.com/media/230x230/More-Art-for
-the-Floor-kewl_813DC71F.jpgCarpet can sometimes
be floor art.
20
Floor lightshowhttp//cache.viewimages.com/xc/52
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  • Proposed Plans
  • The children will be asked how they wish to
    mount their work for display. They will be given
    the chance to do the mounting themselves with my
    assistance as needed. The students can try a
    display area besides the usual bulletin boards
    and hallway walls. This display area will be on
    the floor. It will be roped off and no adults
    will be allowed to enter (besides me). The
    display will consist of school-approved items the
    students bring from home or make at school.
  • It is important for us to give children a
    chance to display on as many different surfaces
    as possible. With limited space for display at
    our school, it is probably pragmatic to attempt
    some outdoor displays in trees or woods, and
    possibly on fences too.

22
  • Scheduling
  • To organize such displays, a rotating curation
    schedule should be created. A day during a class
    period could be assigned to the student curator
    in which with the help of a student assistant and
    the teacher (if needed), the curator could set up
    the display. The display could stay up two weeks
    before another student gets a chance to curate.
    If there is more than one possible display
    location, then even more students can immediately
    become involved.
  • What do kids have to say?
  • As educators, we need to know what kids are
    interested in what makes them tick. If we
    provide a forum and sufficient freedom for their
    ideas to find expression, we will gain knowledge
    about their ideas and the interests they have.

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  • Childrens immediate interests
  • If the connection to our students is to be a
    strong, fundamental one, we need to stay abreast
    of their customs and interests. To a child, the
    past and future do not have quite the value that
    right now does. This immediacy is of greatest
    value to a child because he/she has the need to
    develop foresight. Our listening and recognition
    needs to be directed to them. Lets give them a
    chance by letting girls and boys create art
    displays.

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References
  • Szekely, G., (author), Dalton, R., Zuk, B.
    (Eds.) (2001). Student Art Exhibitions - New
    Ideas and Approaches. Reston, VA. The National
    Art Education Association.
  • More books and writings by George Szekely at
    FindArticles
  • Szekely Articles
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