Robert Indiana Four letter word

How do artists combine text and images with mix-media?

Gavin Turk’s use of the blue plaque for his own self-promotion

Road signs, Car number plates (take photos of street signage)

Barry McGee

Make a separate pieces that work well together

Use maps to create an image (newspaper is a good idea too)

Richard Prince

Use quirky quotes as Art

‘No Ball Games’ (Green) - London 2009

‘One Nation Under CCTV ‘ - London 2009

Banksy cleverly uses text and images to play with the viewers notions of society.

Robert Indiana‘Love’

- despite being made in 1964 (the precursor to the ‘Peace and Love’ era) the font/graphics still looks fresh!

Robert Indiana – New YorkGavin Turk’s homage to Indiana’s ‘Love’

‘ Ahara (love)’ – 1977Israel Museum Art Garden

Examples: (look up four letter words for scrabble on the internet)

ACNE, ACHE, ACID, ALAS, AJAR, ANTI, ASKSBABE,BANK,BARK,BITE, BORE, BUFF, BRATCAKE, COLA, COLDDEAD, DOLL, DUSK, EASYetc.

Task – On one page make a collage of written text alongside magazine and newspaper cuttings of four letter words.

Task 2

1. Make sure your piece of paper or drawn out square is equal. Use a ruler to measure and to draw out.2. Divide your paper into 4 by lightly drawing lines with a ruler.3. Choose a 4 letter word (that isn’t offensive!)

Examples: (look up four letter words for scrabble on the internet)ACNE, ACHE, ACID, ALAS, AJAR, ANTI, ASKSBABE,BANK,BARK,BITE, BORE, BUFF, BRATCAKE, COLA, COLDDEAD, DOLL, DUSK, EASYetc.

4. Ensure each letter fills the space (as in Robert Indiana’s ‘Love’ image). The second letter needs to be turned on it’s side. The letter outlines sometimes blur into each other.

5. Note the colours that have been used. The main text is one colour. The insides of the letters are black and the back ground is divided by two colours (often contrasting).