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Unit 1 Outcome 3

Area of Study 3: Interpreting art ideas and use of materials and techniques

The official part:

‘In this area of study we will focus on the way artists from different times and cultures have interpreted ideas and sources of inspiration and used materials and techniques in the production of artworks. The work of artists from different times and cultures is studied to gain a broader understanding of how artworks are conceived, produced and exhibited. We will discuss the way artists have used materials and techniques, and interpreted ideas and sources of inspiration in producing artworks. We will research a range of resources to support the identification and discussion of materials and techniques appropriate to artists’ work. Through the analysis of art elements and art principles, we will become familiar with the terminology used to interpret artworks. You are encouraged to use visual material when presenting their approach.’

VCAA, 2017-2022 Studio Arts Study Design, p. 14

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/studioarts/StudioArtsSD-2017.pdf

Outcome 3

On completion of this unit you should be able to discuss the artistic practice of artists from different times and cultures, their sources of inspiration, materials and techniques for at least two artworks by each artist. To achieve this outcome we will draw on key knowledge and key skills outlined in Area of Study 3.

Key knowledge

• sources of inspiration for artists’ ideas and production of artworks

• ways in which artists from different times and cultures have interpreted ideas and sources of inspiration

• ways in which artists have used art elements, art principles and created aesthetic qualities

• the types of materials and techniques used in making artworks in particular art forms

• ways in which artists from different times and cultures have used materials and techniques

• relevant resources and methods of research

• appropriate terminology for discussing artworks.

Key skills

• use a range of resources to research how at least two artists have interpreted ideas and sources of inspiration and used materials and techniques in at least two artworks by each artist

• discuss how the use of art elements and art principles create aesthetic qualities in artworks

• discuss the ways in which artists from different times and cultures have interpreted ideas and sources of inspiration for the production of artworks

• identify and discuss the ways in which artists have used various materials and techniques in making artworks in particular art forms

• use appropriate terminology in discussion of artwork.

What we are actually going to do...

Comparing the work of Australian Artist, Rosalie Gascoigne's Artworks, styles, techniques, inspiration to

the work of Pablo Picasso.

NGV Resource

A Formal Focus - Elements and Principles

Landscape - place, memory, experience

Responding to Gascoigne

Poetry & Words

A Formal Focus - Materials & Processes

Introduction

Ideas about Art

READ:

Ch 3 Studio Knack Textbook

Abstraction, Assemblage, Fracturing picture planes

The use of found objects as materials for works of art has a long and rich history. The national collection holds many works of assemblage created by artists from all over the world. Visit the NGA website and find a work of art that uses an upcycled or found object. Some artists of note to search for include Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso and Rosalie Gascoigne.

"Rosalie Gascoigne is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and respected visual artists. Her distinctive style is characterised by her recognition of beauty in the most humble of objects such as soft drink crates, linoleum, retro-reflective road signs, dried grasses and feathers. Collecting and arranging these items, often rescued from rubbish dumps, and scarred and faded by the ravages of weather, is an integral part of her practice. Like a magician she transforms these discarded materials into sculptures, wall pieces and assemblages, which create evocative visual poetry, capturing the essence of things or an experience rather than conveying a literal representation.

Gascoigne like Picasso realised later in life that one is not made an artist, one is born an artist. " (Source: https://artblart.com/tag/rosalie-gascoigne/)