For this assignment, put yourself in the position of a curator of an exhibit entitled "The Human

Experience." Choose five pieces of art that focus on "The Human Experience." Write a 300-500
word curatorial statement that explains the content of the exhibit.

Use the Museum Website page to help you find images for your essay.

Be sure to include the following information in your curatorial statement:

● Images of each work that lists the name of the artist, the title of the work, the date the work
was completed and the medium used to create the work
● A description of the human experience that all of the artworks have in common.
● A description of how the visual elements in some of the works help to convey the human
experience that is expressed.

Artwork 1 ● name of artist: Ivana Dostal

● title of work: The Story of Growing Up
● date work was completed: 2017
● Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Artwork 2 ● name of artist: Semmick Photo

● title of work: Aging
● date work was completed: June 2012
● Medium: Photograph
Artwork 3 ● name of artist: Albert Parfonov
● title of work: Aging
● date work was completed: 2020
● Medium: Oil painting

Artwork 4 ● name of artist: Robert Nelson

● title of work: Aging
● date work was completed: July 25, 2009
● Medium: Painting

Artwork 5 ● name of artist: Art and A little Magic

● title of work: Dream Cloak
● date work was completed: March 11, 2020
● Medium: Painting
Curatorial Statement

Write a 300 - 500-word curatorial statement that explains the content of the exhibit. The statement
should include:

● A description of the human experience that all of the artworks have in common.
● A description of how the visual elements in some of the works help to convey the human
experience that is expressed.

Write your response in the space below:

All the pieces of art that were selected above are pieces that show the aging process everyone and
everything goes through. The pieces are detailed but they still manage to show us that everyone ages
and as time goes by people and things get older. The artwork chosen shows how as we get older we
worry more about time and appearances than the other things that we think matter. Also as you can
see these pieces of work show the visual elements such as a person's face on a clock which is to
show us that as we grow we have less time to do things we want and more time to work and worry.
Also how in the first art piece the kid is holding a bear it shows how we start off at adolescence. The
pieces show a lot and also convey the aging human experience really well. It's really unique how they
use a woman's face and where her hair is they make it to where you can see a tree in it. It's a great
example of growth over the years. Also in the third art piece, it shows different faces one as a child, a
teen, an adult, and even as an elderly person, I think that out of all the pieces the one that makes me
visualize human growth is that piece because of all the details and the way they use oil pastels to
shade the faces dso that they look like one, it's really unique and I just think it gets the human
experience across. Aging is one of the most common and very intriguing human experiences. It's one
that no matter who or what you are you can't avoid growing older and becoming more mature and
eventually having more wrinkles on your face until one day you pass away.