Gallery Walk
Examples of “the Isms”
Gallery Walk Directions
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Start at the exhibit
number that is the
same as your group
number. After
viewing/reading the
exhibit, discuss with
your group which of
the 4 “isms” is best
exemplified by the
exhibit. Refer to your
“ism” handout!
At the bell, move
clockwise to the next
exhibit.
• Set up your paper as
follows:
Exhibit # Identify the “ism” Explain reason
Each person must complete their own paper
Exhibit 1
“The Outsider”
Quotes
"Forever I shall be a stranger to myself. In
psychology as in logic, there are truths but no
truth."
~ Albert Camus
“These tasks, and therefore the meaning of
life, differ from man to man, and from moment
to moment. Thus it is impossible to define the
meaning in life in a general way."
~ Viktor E. Frankl
"A first sign of the beginning of understanding
is the wish to die."
- Franz Kafka
Exhibit 2
• Swans Reflecting
Elephants
Exhibit 3
“Family Picture” by Max Beckman
See title cover of The Metamorphosis
Exhibit 4
The Scream
Expressionist Edvard Munch
Exhibit 5
Psychoanalytic Theory: Unconscious Inner Forces Drive Behavior
1. Amy’s therapist believes that Amy’s current relationship
difficulties stem from the unstable relationship she had with
her father
2.
Andrew is 57 years old and is an accomplished professional,
but he never feels like his work is good enough and is always
afraid that people will be unhappy with his performance. He
realizes that he might have this outlook because when he was
growing up, his father criticized everything he did. If he
brought home a test with an A+ on it, his father would
comment that Andrew must have cheated because he certainly
wasn’t smart enough to do that well on his own.
Exhibit 6 - “Persistence of Memory”
Time is the theme here, from the melting watches to the
decay implied by the swarming ants. The monstrous fleshy
creature draped across the paintings center is an
approximation of the artist’s own face in profile.
Follow up:
How did Kafka’s writing reflect the influence of the
“isms”? The Metamorphosis – Chapter One
Two Choices:
1. For each of the four “isms”
Quote from text
with page
number
2. Illustrate
Identify the
“ism”
Explain how this
quote
demonstrates
influence of the
ism
Illustrate your interpretation of what Gregor looks like as a bug
at this point in Chapter One. Choose two significant parts of your
drawing and explain why, with quote from book, it’s an example
of that ism.
Illustration
Quote and Ism
1. “He thought how simple it
would be if only he could
get some help. They would
only have had to shove
their arms under his
arched back…” (p 8).
• Existentialism because
Gregor is alone and isolated
with no one to help him.
2.