Work in Progress: A series of possible, brainstormed, untitled, contemporary art reviews
by Camila Belchior.
Text written for the project Art Book.
Present + Develop + Conclude = Reviewed
Opening Paragraph:
PRESENT – WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHOM
What
solo exhibition
group exhibition
Medium:
Painting
Three-dimensional (sculpture, object)
Photography
Installation
Drawing
Performance
Etc
Where:
Geographic location, city
Exhibition space:
Museum
Gallery
Biennial
Fair
Alternative space
When:
Dates; from – to
Whom:
Individual artist
Duo
Group
Collective
Core paragraphs:
DEVELOP – PROFILE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST, ARTWORK TITLES, MEDIUM, QUALITIES, STYLE, THEME,
Profile contemporary artist
Young
Immature
Up-and-coming
Mid-career
Established
Mature
Artwork Titles:
Untitled
X - Series
Titled (specific)
Artworks:
Medium
Painting
Oil
Acrylic
Watercolour
Gouache
Format (Large, medium, small)
Framed, unframed, site specific
Paper, wood, canvas, cloth, alternative
Medium:
Drawing
Charcoal
Pastel
Graphite
Colour pencil
Markers
Format (Large, medium, small)
Framed, unframed, site specific
Paper, wood, canvas, cloth, alternative
Medium:
Photography
Silver-based print
Digital print
Alternative process prints
Format (Large, medium, small)
Framed, unframed, site specific
Paper, cloth, canvas, alternative
Medium:
Installation
Multi-media
Environmental
Experiential
Sensorial
Light
Sound
Smell
Format (Large, medium, small)
Medium:
Three-dimensional
Object
Sculpture
Industrial materials
Natural materials
Multi-media
Format (Large, medium, small)
Medium:
Performance
Individual
Group
Setting
Light
Sound
Smell
Format and Duration (long, short, scripted, unscripted, variables thereof)
Medium:
Woodblock
Etching
Lithography
Stencil
Alternative processes
Format (Large, medium, small)
Framed, unframed, site specific
Paper, cloth, canvas, alternative
Qualities:
Figurative
Abstract
Landscape
Cityscape
Panoramic
Portraiture
Monochromatic
Black and White
Palette (saturated, pale, colourful, simples, complex)
Texture
Facture
Volume
Line
Shading
Environmental
Site-specific
Conceptual
Constructed
Destructed
Work in progress
Style:
Brave
Daring
Singular
Unique
Repetitive
Obsessive
Meticulous
Careless
Visionary
Innovative
Autonomous
Hyoer-realistic
Universal
Geographic tradition
Decorative
Expressionist
Minimalist
Grandiose
Timid
Documental
Political
Psychological
Critical
Observational
Universal
Themes:
Society (+ politics, religion, family, history etc.)
(Auto) biography
Language
Identity
Art
Final paragraph:
CONCLUDE – WHAT IS AND/OR ISN’T DONE AND ACHIEVED
Does/Doesn’t:
Establish new paradigms, dialogues, techniques;
Work within limits, extrapolate, redefine them
Appropriate
Reference
Revisit
Redefine
Innovate
Fail
Succeed
* Camila Belchior is an art critic and editor based in São Paulo specialized in contemporary art. Currently innovation director of the Brazilian print magazine and content platform Bamboo and contributor to the North-American magazine Art Forum.