THE ‘SAY IT THEN SHOW IT’ PROJECT If an artwork has no value...what is the point in making it?

PROJECT OVERVIEW THIS PROJECT LOOKS AT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A MEANING WITH VALUE BEHIND THE ARTWORK THAT YOU ARE MAKING. YOU WILL BE INVESTIAGTING THE WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTIST BARBARA KRUGER WHO COMBINES TEXT AND IMAGARY TO REPRESENT POWERFUL MEANINGS SUCH AS THE IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA ON SOCIETY, FEMINISM AND MENTAL HEALTH. YOU WILL APPROPRIATE KRUGERS WORK USING PHOTOSHOP AND CREATE A WORK OF YOUR OWN. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

! UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MEANING BEHIND ARTWORKS ! LEARN ABOUT THE WORK OF BARBARA KRUGER ! UNDERSTAND THE ‘STEP BY STEP’ PROCESS OF MAKING ART ! LEARN PHOTOSHOP TECHNIQUES ! PRODUCE ART FOR AN AUDIENCE

REQUIREMENTS (WHAT WILL YOU DO?)

! COLLECT 10 QUOTES, SAYINGS, SLOGANS OR SONG LYRICS THAT YOU THINK HAVE IMPACT ! BRAINSTORM POSSIBLE IMAGES THAT COULD BEST REPRESESNT THOSE QUOTES, SAYINGS,

SLOGANS & LYRICS ! COLLECT SOURCE IMAGES USING THE INTERNET OR TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR OWN ! DRAW UP CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR 4 POSSIBLE ARTWORKS ! CHOOSE YOUR BEST IDEA ! CREATE THE ARTWORK IN PHOTOSHOP ! PRINT OUT 2XA3 COPIES (1 PUT IN FOLIO, 1 TO PUT UP ON WALL)

FINAL PRODUCT ! EVIDENCE IN FOLIO OF BACK UP WORK INCLUDING BRAINSTORMING IDEAS, SOURCE IMAGE COLLECTION,

4 CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS/PLANS AND PROCESS WRITE UP ! 2 X A3 ARTWORK PRINT OUTS (1 FOR FOLIO AND 1 FOR DISPLAY ON

WALL).

GRADING COLLECTING QUOTES ETC 10

BRAINSTORMING 10 SOURCE IMAGES 10

CONCEPTUAL PLANS 20 PHOTOSHOP WORK 20 PROCESS WRITE UP 10

FINAL PRODUCT 20 TOTAL 100

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