Response Questions

Response Questions

Order Description

A response question is an open-ended question (or questions) based on a particular part (or parts) of a reading. Two response questions should provide some context and/or background from the reading. Each discussion question, including context/background information, should be a minimum of 100 words each. The discussion question is a formal writing assignment, where you need to cite specific pages in MLA format (parenthetical citation in the writing itself). Please see the example.

In her article From Concept to Object: The Artistic Practice of Drawing, Lynn Gumpert briefly discusses the major role of drawing within Conceptual Art during the 1960s and 70s (51). Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings are provided as an example where the drawings are created by installers based on instructions by the artist. Gumpert quotes Rebecca Lee’s statement on LeWitt’s intentions, “LeWitt challenges one of society’s most deeply held beliefs about drawing – that it must be a personalized, unique expression of the artist’s own hand”(52). What becomes the relationship of the drawing to the original work, which are the instructions? Is the drawing part of the artwork? Does the drawing need to be present with the instructions? Do the instructions need to present with the drawing? Can one exist without the other? How does this type of art production relate to Jeff Koon’s practice?

Gumpert, Lynn. “From Concept to Object: The Artistic Practice of Drawing.” Drawing/Thinking Confronting an Electronic Age. Ed. Marc Treib. London: Routledge, 2008. 46-58. Print.

Should be 2 response questions from enclosed reading. (references from the reading)