- STEP 1: Display an abstract work of art (e.g., Jackson Pollock’s Autumn Rhythm).
- STEP 2: Have students “spy” something in the abstract painting. In abstract art with more clearly defined images (i.e., Kandinsky), students can spy a literal image in the work, or in something more abstract, (i.e., Pollock), they can use their imaginations to find a figure somewhere in the lines and shapes of the piece.
- STEP 3: Students write a narrative based on the figures they spied within the work. Here are several options as to how you might facilitate this creative writing:
- Students might work collaboratively with a small group to create a story or
- Have students overlay an image of the object they spied over the original. Then write an “artist’s statement about the work.
- STEP 4: Extension: Students may perform their narratives as a monologue or in small groups as a collaborative dramatic work.
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