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HowhasNataliaGoncharovacommunicatedaspectsofthemodernistperiodinherpaintingLinen,1913?

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ExplainhowtheartworksofJimDenevanandAnishKapoorexplorerelationshipsbetweentheaudienceandthesite.

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2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

Visual ArtsArt criticism and art history

Section II

25 marksAttempt ONE question from Questions 4–9Allow about 45 minutes for this section

AnswerthequestionintheSectionIIWritingBooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.

Youranswerwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:

n presentawell-reasonedandinformedpointofview

n applyyourunderstandingofthedifferentaspectsofcontentasappropriate(Practice,ConceptualFrameworkandtheFrames)

n userelevantexamples

Practice

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Technology has changed the boundaries of artmaking practice.

Withreferencetothisstatement,analysehowartistshaverespondedtonewtechnologies.

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Question 5 (25marks)

Examine how interpretations and understanding of practice often determine perceptions ofwhatispreciousinart.

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Question 6 (25marks)

Investigate ways artists have created significant artworks in response to significant worldevents.

Inyouranswer,refertospecificartistsandartworks.

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Question 7 (25marks)

Art galleries have become multiplexes* and theme parks for the contemporary audience.

BillHenson,artist

With reference to the quotation, explain the ways in which artists and/or curators createexperiencestoengageaudiences.

(*Multiplexes– multiscreen cinemas)

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Frames

Question 8 (25marks)

Howandwhydoartistsexpressideasinnon-representationalways?

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Question 9 (25marks)

Howdoartistsusesatire,humourandplayfulideastocommentonsociety?

Inyouranswer,refertoarangeofartworks.

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Plate 1: Natalia Goncharova, 1881−1962, Russia Linen, 1913 oil on canvas 95.6 × 83.8 cm

Note: Linen can refer to the woven fabric made from the flax plant, as well as to household articles such as sheets, tablecloths, shirts and underwear.

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Plate 2: Jim Denevan, b. 1961, USA Sand Drawings, 2010 aerial photograph of site-specific coastal sand drawing California, USA

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Plate 3: Anish Kapoor, b. 1954, India Cloud Gate, 2004 stainless steel sculpture, 10.06 × 20.12 × 12.80 m Millennium Park, Chicago, USA

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Plate 4: Swoon (graffiti artist), b. 1978, USA artist pasting her paper stencil New York, USA, c. 2006

Plate 5: Swoon, b. 1978, USA wall pasting street art, New York, USA, 2006

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Plate 6: Swoon, b. 1978, USA Submerged Motherlands, 2014 installation – paper-cut stencils, drawings, printmaking, cloth, found objects exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, USAheight approx. 23 metres

Plate 7: Technicians assisting with the installation of Submerged Motherlands

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