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Writing Assignment value: 10%
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Task: Write a 1,000-word critical response to a difficult work of art from the field trip.
Use the points listed below as a guide to structuring your paper. You must use the concepts found in Art
with a Difference to frame your ideas. Use a MINIMUM of two additional library related resources to
elaborate the concepts sourced from your textbook. These sources must be scholarly resources (both
books and journal articles are acceptable and AT LEAST ONE needs to have been retrieved from a
library), no popular resources (such as articles from Wikipedia). Properly identify any key concepts or
quotations (use MLA style citations. )
Objective: To demonstrate an understanding of concepts covered in the book, an ability to apply these
concepts and to be able to articulate what you see and think in response to an artwork.
In Art with a Difference, the authors consider the concept of “difficult art”. Several ways in which art can
be difficult are identified and some of the responses that such art can provoke in audiences are
considered. Using some of the concepts explored in the book, write about your own encounter with a
“difficult artwork” during the field trip.
In your essay DO:
? Write an accurate description of the work itself. Your description should make the work
clear to someone who had not seen it. Describe:
o elements/materials
o size
o how it is constructed
o how it is exhibited
o etc.