Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each item by which sense of "frame" it belongs to.
Groups: The physical frame · The institutional frame · The conceptual frame
- Artist reference set
- The addressed debate
- Categorising gilt frame
- Deep stretcher shadow
- First art school crit
- Isolating gallery wall
Hints
- Two of the six are objects you could touch.
- Two of them are rooms full of people with authority.
Show the answer
The physical frame: Categorising gilt frame, Deep stretcher shadow
The institutional frame: Isolating gallery wall, First art school crit
The conceptual frame: The addressed debate, Artist reference set
Why
Only the third column is fully in the artist's hands, and that is the practical reason to keep the three apart. You cannot choose the gallery's wall colour or the crit's composition, but you can decide what argument the work is entering, and if you do not decide, someone else will decide it for you in a press release.
Practise Context and the Conceptual Frame
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