When Images Need Space

When looking at complex contemporary work, students often default to surface readings: “It’s just lots of things.” What’s missing is not effort or engagement, but language. Before we can ask students to justify their own responses, we need to help them learn how to look, to recognise repetition, translation, spatial intelligence, material sensitivity, and evidence of time. These are the structures that turn accumulation into inquiry, and inquiry into art-making.

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