Leslie Tane

CURATION AS GRAPHIC DESIGN

Traditionally, curatorial work was about selection, conservation, documentation, and exhibition. Today, the curator may use the exhibit as medium, utilizing space, scale, proportion, color, and type in support of her concept. Curators who use their work to communicate are, in fact, practicing graphic design.

Three separate curatorial projects are included in this show. Kindness Curation asked “If kindness was a color, what would it be?” The 99 helium balloons represent each answer; each balloon suspends a origami mockingbird made from a dictionary page.

In Your Absence: The Frames Project is a meditation on permanence and impermanence, the transitory nature of our lives and the longevity of the items we collect.

Collective Collection answers the question “What is love?” through a progressive, additive collection. Tasked with curating love through the mail, each contributor added an item to the shipping box then sent it to the next participant. Displayed is the collection in progress.

Please download my gallery catalog for more information about each collection.

Download Thesis Book PDF: Curation as Graphic Design

Websites:
www.collective-collection.com
Veri. www.curation.leslietane.com

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