Works in the gallery of the Community Arts Center in Hancock would be acceptable for this assignment, but works in the retail space are curate for purchase, and are part of a different discussion. Take a reasonable quality photograph of the work so that you may upload it for this assignment as well as reference it personally. (I have the picture about Asurapaksi which located at Bangkok, Thailand. )
Start by describing the work formally, this is objective criticism. Use the vocabulary of line, shape, color, texture, value, space and light to describe the piece you are critiquing. It is important to describe what you see before you can determine completely why it is important. Consider the seven steps to thinking critically about art in the student toolkit in the text, these will help you as you address the following questions in your essay:
What roles of the artists are being fulfilled in this work? What are the themes available here? What makes this piece valuable to you? How might others value this work? How does context play into the idea of value for this particular piece? What about this piece caught your attention? How is that focal point created? Is it perceptual, conceptual, both neither? Is there a personal history that creates meaning for this work, a cultural history, a "gut" response. Attempt to pick apart what helps build the meaning of this work. Are there other pieces of work that we have encountered during the semester that bring up some similar ideas/feelings? Is this piece situated in an art historical context?