Year 11 - Art and design
Reproducing art: postcards, prints and artist editions
Curating an exhibition
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Unit Summary
This teacher-led unit concludes the course with a physical or virtual exhibition. Pupils, having been introduced to curating, will select work based on quality and criteria, explore presentation, and mount and frame their pieces.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to experiment with reproducing and curating your own artwork.
Key Notes
- Artists can reproduce their work through prints, postcards, and limited edition prints.
- There are many examples of artist's reproducing their work in different ways and across different times and places.
- A curatorial experiment explores not just which artworks are shown, but how they are arranged, displayed, and framed.
- Curators and artists might use reproductions to experiment with how art is displayed and experienced
Vocabulary To Learn
- reproduction: a copy of an original artwork that allows more people to see it
- edition: a set number of copies of an artwork, like prints or postcards, often numbered to show how many exist
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Reproduction is only possible with a photocopier/printer and reproductions are not as valid as originals.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Artists can reproduce their work through prints, postcards, and limited edition prints. There are many examples of artist's reproducing their work in different ways and across different times and places.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'reproduction'
a copy of an original artwork that allows more people to see it.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Reproduction is only possible with a photocopier/printer and reproductions are not as valid as originals. Correction: Hand-made reproductions (drawn, traced, collaged, reinterpreted) are also valid artistic processes.
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