Understanding Types of Art Exhibitions Along with Their Objectives and Functions

Kapanlagi.com - Of course, you are already familiar with the word exhibition. The exhibition itself is an activity that presents works of art communicated so that they can be appreciated by many people. It is hoped that the exhibition can create communication between artists represented by their works with appreciators. With various forms of appreciation, artists learn to improve their work.

You need to know, there are a series of exhibitions that certainly have different objectives. However, before discussing further types of exhibitions, it is better for you to know the objectives and functions of the exhibition itself. Instead of being curious, let's take a look at the following review.

1. Exhibition Goals

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What is the purpose of holding an exhibition? Generally, the goals of holding an exhibition include:

-Commercial Goals, the first goal of an exhibition is to gain profit for artists and organizers. Usually, artists can offer special deals to their employees during the exhibition, and it is not uncommon for them to hold auctions for a piece of artwork.

-Social Goals, another goal of an exhibition is to offer an artwork for sale to art enthusiasts. Usually, the profits are channeled towards social activities such as fundraising for natural disaster victims and others.

2. Benefits of Exhibitions

Some of the benefits of art exhibitions include:

-As an appreciation tool, one of the benefits of exhibitions that you need to know is as an appreciation tool. This is because exhibitions can bring out the ideas and concepts of the creators, and then the visitors will give appreciation or judgment towards the artworks they create.

-Educational tool, exhibitions also have the benefit of being an educational tool as they can educate individuals about the importance of inner experience that is useful to balance human thoughts and activities.

-Recreational tool, exhibitions can be considered as a recreational tool because they provide a place to relax the mind and eliminate boredom from daily routines. By visiting exhibitions, the brain can refresh and acquire new knowledge at the same time.

-Achievement tool, another benefit of exhibitions is that they can serve as an achievement tool. With exhibitions, they can become a competition platform for art lovers as through artworks, you will understand the creativity of the artists.

3. Types of Exhibitions Based on Time of Organization

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1. Periodic, which is an exhibition held regularly at certain periods, for example, once a year or an annual event exhibition.

2. Incidental, is a type of exhibition that is held because it is needed and can be organized at any time.

3. Permanent, this exhibition is held in a fixed location and will not change, usually open almost every day at certain hours. Usually, permanent exhibitions are found in museums.

4. Types of Exhibitions Based on the Number of Artists Performing

4. Solo exhibition, this exhibition is organized by one person and usually only one type of artwork is displayed.

5. Group exhibition, this type of exhibition is organized by a group or art community. Usually, many artworks created by various artists will be displayed in this type of exhibition.

5. Types of Exhibitions Seen from Various Types of Artworks

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6. Homogeneous, this exhibition is intended to display one type of artwork.

7. Heterogeneous, there are various types of artworks in this exhibition.

6. Types of Exhibitions Seen Due to Other Factors

8. Retrospective exhibition, a type of exhibition that is derived from individual exhibitions. Usually, this retrospective exhibition is held by individuals. The content of this exhibition usually relates to the career or life journey of the artist.

9. Design exhibition, this exhibition is specifically for showcasing products such as electronics, handicrafts, furniture, automotive, and others.

7. Types of Exhibitions Seen from the Dimensions of Visual Art

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11. Two-dimensional visual art exhibition, a type of exhibition that only presents artworks with a flat surface such as paintings or pictures that can only be enjoyed from one direction.

12. Three-dimensional visual art exhibition, a type of exhibition that presents artworks with a sense of actual space. Therefore, these artworks can be observed from all directions.

Those are the complete series of exhibition types along with their functions. Hopefully, they are useful and add to your knowledge.

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