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Absolutely ALL art-making is influenced by established or existing art and design practice, no matter how original or unique it appears to be.
In the NCEA achievement standards 2.2, 3.2, 2.3 and 3.3, you will be required to become familiar with various artists’ ways of working, and use this knowledge to inform your own practice.
In simpler terms, this means you will learn about other artist’s and how they make art.
And they can be artist’s from any discipline- not just photography!
We intend for you to be able to use that
knowledge and understanding of artist models in your own art
making.
This does not mean that you will be copying an artist’s
work. Rather, you will study the artist in
terms of ideas, techniques, processes and procedures, and
use them in a way that is relevant to your art making. You’ll be
looking at all the decisions they make towards making an art
work.What we are striving towards is the development of an individual way of working- your own ‘personal signature’. No matter which artist’s you’ve looked at, your art will be characteristic of you.
Now that we’ve learnt about the use of artist models, let’s go over this sentence again. How does it apply to you?
Remember these words from the last slide? Let’s expand on what they mean.
Ways of working is concerned with knowing:
…Remember that all art making is influenced by established practice- even established artists are
influenced in some way.
The content an artist is concerned with. Content refers to what the subject matter means, or what the
work is about. To find out the content of
an artwork we must interpret the subject
matter- through intuition and research.
The kind of subject matter an artist uses.
We can identify this by simply looking at
the work.
Characteristics of an artist’s personal style.
These occur in their selection, exploration and
development of ideas. Let’s put this in to our own
words…
How an artist uses materials and techniques
and makes them their own.
Pearblossom Highway, 11th-18th April 1986, photographic collage, 77x112 1/2 in
Today we’re going to look at the
photocollage/ composite polaroid
work by David Hockney
Celia’s Children Albert + George Clark, composite polaroid, 35x23 1/4 in
For this wordbank activity, we’re going to
write ten different words in our workbooks to describe this work.
Mother, Bradford Yorkshire 1982, composite polaroid,
56x23 1/2 in.
My Mother, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, Nov. 1982. Photocollage
Now we’re going to share
words that apply to all of
the following works as a
class. Be sure to take down
any new words!
Nicholas Wilder Studying Picasso, 1982, 48 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.Patrick Procktor Pembroke Studios, London 1982, composite polaroid, 52 1/2 x 21 in.
Here’s a hint: Think about how his process
affects how you ‘see’ his subjects…
What do you think Hockney’s intention may
be?
Photographing Annie Leibovitz While She Is Photographing Me, 1982 photographic collage, 25 7/8 x
61 3/4 in
Robert Littman Floating In A Pool, 1982 photographic collage 22 1/2 x 30 in.
These are a little different!
What has Hockney done
here?
Detail from ‘Self-Portrait’ 2000. 120 Colour Screeprint 65 x 54½ inches Edition/80
Emma, 2000. Oil on canvas 72x 60in. Private collection
Now we’re going to do the same
activity as for David Hockney
Georgia, 1984. Hand made paper-air dried 56x44in
Keith/Mezzotint, 1972. Mezzotint 514x 41.5 inMake note of such things as media and what you think his process may be…
Lucas, 1986- 1987. Acrylic on CanvasInka, 2003.
Close often finds new and
interesting techniques for
creating art works- look at this
jigsaw woodcut for an image of
Lucas!
Big Self-Portrait, 1967-68.Acrylic on canvas.
107 1/2 x 83 1/2" (273 x 212 cm).Phillip Glass, 1969 Synthetic polymer on canvas. 108 x 84 in. (274.32 x 213.36 cm.)
We’ve had a look at his recent work, now let’s look at his older art works. What similarities and differences do you think there are in terms of process?
In groups of three, make a circle diagram (like below) comparing David Hockney with
Chuck Close. Get creative!
Similarities
David Hockney
Chuck Close
I want you to think really hard about what each work may mean, and what the particular processes used by the
artist may mean.
Hint: We have looked at photocollage and composite polaroid works by Hockney
And… we have looked at a range of acrylic and oil on canvas, hand made paper and mezzotint works by Close