. The gallery that I am presently writing for is
considering a new approach to exhbition text. Rather than explaining to
the viewer what the artist may have intended when painting their artwork, the
gallery wants to invite the viewer to explore the work and to come to their
decision. The purpose is to educate as well as inform, to engage the
viewer in the artwork and to hopefully (particularly where they are to some
extent antagonistic to contemporary art) awaken an interest in contemporary art
sufficiently to entice them back.
I am looking for any information that may be available
for the preparation of didactic educational text, papers online or off, books or
any advice would be appreciated.
Nyrel Saunders Art Gallery of Wollongong
Australia