Directions: For this presentation, you will be focusing on a particular artist from our century. The format of your presentation will be that of a first-person autobiographical account; that is, you should "take on" the persona of the artist during the presentation, telling us about" yourself." In addition to the basic biographical information (date sand places of birth and death), you should concentrate your approximately 10-minute presentation on the following:

• Who you are, where you lived and worked?
• What artistic movement you were connected/associated with?
• Who you were influenced by and what, specifically, that influence was?
• Who, in turn, you influenced, and in what way(s), specifically?
• How, specifically, your work moved beyond your influences?
• What questions, concerns, and concepts you were exploring through your work?
   
  As you can see, there is an emphasis here on specificity. Vague or general statements will not earn a high grade for this assignment. Focus on concrete examples: showing slides or otherwise illustrating your points/claims with images is particularly useful here. Your main objective in this presentation is to leave your audience with a clear sense of WHO YOU WERE/ARE as an artist and what your contribution was/has been.