AP Art Concentration Statement Guide
Answer these two questions in your statement:
- What is the central idea of your concentration?
- How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples.
Intro:
For my concentration I chose to (investigate / present / portray / observe / represent / depict / focus on / explore / illustrate) .
The inspiration for my concentration came from OR my idea originated in, (specific cultural reference / your surroundings / something you read / your personal history / an event / a hypothetical fantasy / an obsession of yours, etc…)
How your work progressed:
Summation:
The collective whole of my concentration represents / deals with/ explores...
I feel/believe that the body of work I created/developed/explored for my concentration effectively/fully demonstrates....
For my concentration I chose to (investigate / present / portray / observe / represent / depict / focus on / explore / illustrate) .
The inspiration for my concentration came from OR my idea originated in, (specific cultural reference / your surroundings / something you read / your personal history / an event / a hypothetical fantasy / an obsession of yours, etc…)
How your work progressed:
- Initially, I started creating ___ to illustrate (specific element or principle of art), which led to further investigation of…
- As my pieces progressed from to ___, I discovered that…
- The more I created, the more I learned that, as evidenced in image #___ where...
- I feel/believe that I had a breakthrough moment in image # because I discovered that, which led to image # where…
- When I compare image # to image #, I can see the shift in my work / my direction / my idea from ___ to___.
Summation:
The collective whole of my concentration represents / deals with/ explores...
I feel/believe that the body of work I created/developed/explored for my concentration effectively/fully demonstrates....
Concentration Statement Advice (Example)
I recommend the first statement on the sheet be "My concentration is...." this way the reader knows immediately what the
topic is.
1. My concentration is an introspective look at a feminist poem by Adrienne Rich titled “Diving into the Wreck.” Through a series of paintings, I initially planned to represent the poem’s most powerful lines. I decided to achieve this through a series of self portraits because the poem is about one individual’s journey to understand herself and the world she lives in.
2. My first few concentration pieces were fairly straightforward representations of the literal poem. As seen in the slide entitled “Book of
Myths,” I did not use symbolism. Instead, I painted a person reading a book. However, as the concentration progressed, I grew more comfortable with the paintings. I began to use more complex media, such as a combination of collage and chalk pastels, to form stronger atmospheres that, in turn, generated stronger emotions that allowed me to symbolically represent my themes. For example, in the slide entitled “Turn Without Force,” the darkness of the acrylics, the jaggedness of the lines on the walls, and the girl’s determined expression symbolically instead of literally portray strength. I researched artists such as Alice Neel to inspire color and Egon Schiele to guide with the use of line.
©Nicole Brisco
I recommend the first statement on the sheet be "My concentration is...." this way the reader knows immediately what the
topic is.
1. My concentration is an introspective look at a feminist poem by Adrienne Rich titled “Diving into the Wreck.” Through a series of paintings, I initially planned to represent the poem’s most powerful lines. I decided to achieve this through a series of self portraits because the poem is about one individual’s journey to understand herself and the world she lives in.
2. My first few concentration pieces were fairly straightforward representations of the literal poem. As seen in the slide entitled “Book of
Myths,” I did not use symbolism. Instead, I painted a person reading a book. However, as the concentration progressed, I grew more comfortable with the paintings. I began to use more complex media, such as a combination of collage and chalk pastels, to form stronger atmospheres that, in turn, generated stronger emotions that allowed me to symbolically represent my themes. For example, in the slide entitled “Turn Without Force,” the darkness of the acrylics, the jaggedness of the lines on the walls, and the girl’s determined expression symbolically instead of literally portray strength. I researched artists such as Alice Neel to inspire color and Egon Schiele to guide with the use of line.
©Nicole Brisco