Art Unit 1: Artworks, experience and meaning
'In this unit students focus on artworks as objects and examine how art elements, art principles, materials and techniques and artistic processes communicate meaning. They examine artists in different societies and cultures, and historical periods, and develop their own viewpoints about the meanings and messages of artworks. Students explore the practices of artists who have been inspired by ideas relating to personal and cultural identity. They study at least three artists and at least one artwork from each of the selected artists. Students apply the Structural Framework and the Personal Framework to interpret the meanings and messages of artworks and to document the reflection of their own ideas and art making. They learn how to formulate and substantiate personal opinions about artworks. In their practical work, students explore areas of personal interest and the characteristics of materials, techniques and the art process. Students develop an understanding of the use of visual language to document their exploration and development of ideas, techniques and processes in a visual diary.' (https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/art/ArtSD-2017.pdf)
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Source: Sample pages from Cambridge Go https://www.cambridge.edu.au/go/titles/Art-iculate-Second-Edition/pdf%20textbook
Dan Flavin, Monument, 1966–9
White fluorescent light
(Source: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dan-flavin-1101)
Dan Flavin, untitled (to Jan and Ron Greenberg), 1972-73
Yellow and green fluorescent light
​8 ft. (244 cm) high, in a corridor measuring 8 ft. (244 cm) high and 8 ft. (244 cm) wide; length variable
(Source: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/1311)