VCE Studio Arts + VCD

In Unit 2 we will:

• use Inquiry learning to investigate the artistic and collaborative practices of artists.

• use the Cultural Lens, and the other Interpretive Lenses as appropriate, to examine artworks from different periods of time and cultures, and to explore the different ways that artists interpret and communicate social and personal ideas in artworks

• explore the collaborative practices of artists and use the Creative Practice to make and present artworks.

• develop visual responses based on their investigations, exploring the way historical and contemporary cultural contexts, ideas and approaches have influenced the artworks and the practices of the artists they investigate, as well as our own art practice.

Artworks can acknowledge specific ideas or beliefs, or commemorate people, institutions, social movements and events. They can reinforce the intentions and purpose of a social, cultural or community group, or they can challenge social or cultural attitudes and assumptions.

Throughout Unit 2, we will:

• examine the importance of the social and cultural contexts of artworks and analyse the varying social functions that art can serve. 

• investigate how artworks can be created as forms of expression for specific social and cultural contexts. 

• research historical and contemporary artworks and explore diverse and alternative approaches to making and presenting artworks.

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Note: While the focus of this unit is on the Cultural Lens, we will continue to apply aspects of the Structural and Personal Lenses where relevant in the analysis and interpretation of artworks and in the documentation of our art practice.