Year 11 GCSE Art

Q.5 Art and Words

Question 5- Art and Words

Artists, craftspeople and designers are sometimes inspired by written sources. Narrative artist Sarah Fishburn creates mixed media graphic illustration combining image and quotation whilst Imants Tillers uses words and images to tell the story of Australian history.

Textile artist Val Jackson makes garments embroidered with stories from her childhood and youth. Sculptor Jaume Plensa is inspired by literature.

Investigate relevant sources and produce your own work, in any

appropriate media, based on one of the following:

Either

A) A poem, quotation or lyric

Or

B) A story, legend or fable

Sarah FishburnSarah Fishburn is an internationally recognised artist, who describes her work as Mixed-Media Narrative. It is recognized for its unexpected yet elegant combinations of bright colors, photographic images, spray paint, transparencies, and words.

‘Narrative artist Sarah Fishburn creates mixed

media graphic illustration combining image and

quotation’

Imants TillersAs one of Australia's most significant artists, Tillers has been at the forefront of contemporary art for over three decades. Tillers explores themes of contemporary culture, from the political debates of the 1980s, to the effects of migration, displacement and diaspora. Most recently, his paintings have been concerned with place, locality and evocations of the landscape.

‘Imants Tillers uses words and images to tell the story of Australian history.’

Val Jackson

Val Jackson uses both collage and fabric to explore stories of the Mersey and the people and ships that have passed down it over the years, writing its history as it writes theirs. She includes text both to tell the stories and feature as part of the visual whole.

‘Textile artist Val Jackson makes garments embroidered with stories

from her childhood and youth.’

Jaume PlensaOver the past 25 years Jaume Plensa has produced work in the studio and the public realm. By combining conventional sculptural materials (glass, steel, bronze, aluminum) with more unconventional media (water, light, sound, video), and frequently incorporating text. He has begun to use paper as his primary source of sculpting material.

‘Sculptor Jaume Plensa is inspired by literature.’

Judith Fern

Stories woven into new forms

Juan Osborne

Text portraits

Lawrence Ripsher

Gregory Crewdson

Art and Words

Books

Stories

Diary extracts

memories

Stitch Fold

rip

Work intoCover

Tom Phillips

Typography

Fairytale

Wordle

Non fictio

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