CONCEPT: Consider the title “My Place, My Space”
as a stimulus to create experimental works and a
resolved a mixed media representational artpiece.
You are challenged to consider that you are who
you are because of where you are, where you have
been and where you are going. Your focus can
investigate physical space/place such as your
bedroom or an emotional state representing your
headspace. We all exist physically and emotionally
and occupy many physical places during our daily
lives and experience changing emotional states
throughout each day. This unit urges you to capture
a snap shot of this existence and communicate
visually your chosen focus.
The context can be thought of as a lens that you view your focus through
•Personal - relating to a specific person rather than anyone else - their life, their opinion
•Sociocultural - relating to or involving cultural and social factors
Society -The totality of social relationships among humans. A group of humans broadly distinguished
from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared
institutions, and a common culture.
Culture - The totality of socially transmitted behaviour patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all
other products of human work and thought. These patterns, traits, and products considered as the
expression of a particular period, class, community, or population: Australian Teen culture; Japanese
culture; the culture of poverty. The predominating attitudes and behaviour that characterize the
functioning of a group or organization.
•Geographical – place on Earth; your physical environment
•Historical - existing, happening, or relating to the past.
•Spiritual -relating to the soul or spirit, usually in contrast to material things; relating to religious or
sacred things rather than worldly things.
•Scientific/Technical- the study, development, and application of devices, machines, and techniques
for manufacturing and productive processes
•Psychological -relating to the mind or mental processes; the characteristic temperament and
associated behaviour of a person or group, or that exhibited by those engaged in an activity
A focus is a concentrated effort or attention on a
particular thing, an area of concern, or investigation.
Context
Foci
Personal
You are Where You’ve Been, On My Bike and Out of Here
Socio-cultural
Too Many Expectations, Rich Poor Middle
Geographical
My Bedroom is a Haven, Another Country a Lifetime Ago
Historical
Generations in this House, Changing Rooms, Mona Lisa Curse
Spiritual
Freedom Place, Places and Rituals
Scientific/Technolog My Virtual Space is Not the Real Me, Virtual Space is better than Reality
y
Psychological
Hiding from the Real Me, My Head Space, Envy that Place
A body of works is a collection of investigative artpieces leading
to a single or “major” work/s.
The body of work shows your progress through the inquiry
learning model (researching, developing, resolving, reflecting), as
you integrates the components of the course (concept, focus,
context, media area(s) and visual language and expression).
You should be basing your artist practice on the Inquiry Learning Model
ASSESSMENT
At the completion of this 10 week unit you are to have submitted the following items:
1. Your Visual Diary showing research and process work related to the concept, this should
include the following teacher directed activities – artist research, magazine collages
converted to line drawings, art time sequence, 24 hour photo montage and packaging
collage with portrait overlay. (These are explained over page)
2. A Power Point Presentation with scanned pages of your visual diary that reflect the artist
journey, photographs of exploration works and any extra notes that demonstrate working
through the four stages of the Inquiry Learning Model-(Research, Develop, Resolve and
Reflect)
3. A single resolved representational artpiece on board demonstrating your investigation of
the concept “My Place, My Space”, this piece must use mixed media on supplied board
46cm x 61cm. (Representational - A realistic depiction of somebody or something with
recognisable objects)
Research React to a variety of stimuli by identifying, recognising, generating, recording, imagining,
compiling ,investigating, searching, exploring, discovering, experimenting, inventing, observing, gathering and
collecting….
Identify and recognise artists who have created art which utilises the mediums or style you
wish to use. Also find artists that have a similar concept (Focus) to the one you intend to
pursue for this unit. Stick examples of their works in your visual diary (or PPt) and find artist
statements or critiques about their work. Some artists who have built interesting bodies of
work related to My Place, My Space include: MC Escher, Willem De Kooning, Kristin
Tennyson, Candy Jernigan, Zang Xiaogang, Davida Allen, Frida Kahlo, Brett
Whiteley, Francis Bacon, Arone Meeks, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Velazquez,
James, Gleeson, Egon Schiele, Orlan, Andy
Warhol, Anneke Silver, Cindy Sherman, Tracey Moffat, Jean Michel Basquiat,
Julie Rrap, Madonna Staunton, John Dahlsen.
Observe and Investigate and Record: Use magazines to create 2 collage images, one
surreal and the other in realistic proportion. The composition must have a foreground, middle
ground and background. Recreate your collages into line drawings, photocopy several times
and experiment colouring or patterning your drawings. One piece show thermal perspective–
warm colours to the front and cool to the back.
Discover and Record in your visual diary the way changing of historical context has altered
the way artists represent landscapes in their work. Choose 5 points along a chronological
continuum find an image and then record a typical representation from that era by sticking the
images in your diary – label all images.(this is related to your appraising task)
Inventing – Use a brainstorming concept map to invent your focus, create a list of possible
images that convey your concept, from this sketch and plan possible compositions.
Experimenting - create some experimental works from your brainstorming and inventing – try
using unconventional medium such as wax (encaustics) and fabric to produce texture on some
of your trial works.
Develop Generate solutions to visual art problems by: organising, analysing,
synthesising, interpreting, judging, justifying, evaluating, visualising,
extrapolating, imagining, estimating, approximating, comparing/contrasting and
summarising/condensing…
Present, arrange or display Collect over a 24 hour period a series of photographs
on places you find yourself in a typical day, arrange the images in order of your day crop them and stylize them in Photoshop, create an A4 collage.
Select and Evaluate also over a 24 hour period collect abandoned packaging of
things you have consumed Collage these to create a background surface, then
transfer an image of your own face over this surface.
Translate, Compose and Apply the elements from your experimental works to
complete the DESIGN BRIEF sheet attached to this tasksheet.
Define exactly what your own personal focus in response to the concept of “My
Place, My Space' will be - this will be part of your artist statement.
Synthesise all you have learnt to complete a final resolved work(s) that reflect your
personal focus to the concept. Your experimental works should utilise a diverse range
of materials, technologies, techniques and processes. It should demonstrate an
informed and evolving personal aesthetic.
Resolve communicate individual ideas as visual, written or
spoken responses by : translating, selecting, composing,
applying presenting/displaying, explaining, expounding,
justifying, evaluating, interrelating, synthesising...
Selecting – Select relevant pages within your visual
diary and Experiment works that signpost your journey
and demonstrate your stages of working.
Translating – Scan and photograph these selected
works.
Explain/Justify – Add written explanations to
accompany your images, also describe your thinking,
justifying the decision and visual choices you have
made.
Presenting/displaying – Create a Power Point
Presentation to support your body of work, this should
be a clear, concise and aesthetic display of your journey
and end result
Reflect Thoughtfully consider information and ideas, media techniques,
reflecting, revising, expressing, re-constructing, progressing, exploring, alternating.
Reflect on how successfully your experimental or resolved works respond to the
concept of “My Place, My Space” by filling out the ART REFLECTION AND
EVALUATION page at the end of this tasksheet.
Share and Express with your teacher or class some of the significant signposts or
moments you have taken so far whilst studying this concept. Read over the criteria for
grading both your folio and final artpiece, express your opinion on how successful you
were at fulfilling these criteria.
Summary Research and Developing Activities
1
Use magazines to create 2 collage images, one surreal and the other in realistic proportion. The
composition must have a foreground, middle ground and background. Recreate your collages into line
drawings, photocopy several times and experiment colouring or patterning your drawings. One piece
show thermal perspective–warm colours to the front and cool to the back.
2
Discover and Record in your visual diary the way changing of historical context has altered the way
artists represent landscapes in their work. Choose 5 points along a chronological continuum find an
image and then record a typical representation from that era by sticking the images in your diary – label
all images.(this is related to your appraising task)
3
Use a brainstorming concept map to invent your focus, create a list of possible images that convey your
concept, from this sketch and plan possible compositions.
4
Collect over a 24 hour period a series of photographs on places you find yourself in a
typical day, arrange the images in order of your day - crop them and stylize them in
Photoshop, create an A4 collage.
5
over a 24 hour period collect abandoned packaging of things you have consumed
Collage these to create a background surface, then transfer an image of your own
face over this surface.
World Wide Web
Many interactive and static websites include useful resources and can be used to enhance a course in Visual Art. Many museums,
galleries and universities have websites which can be accessed through a range of search engines. Some other particularly useful
sites for Visual Art include:
www.artwhatson.com.au/ Visual arts portal
www.artsinfo.net.au/ Australian government arts information portal
www.art-almanac.com.au/ Art Almanac, identifying Australian galleries
www.nga.gov.au National Gallery of Australia
www.artlex.com/ Visual Arts dictionary
www.artcyclopedia.com/ Search engine for Art information
Artist List from Tasksheet:
MC Escher, Willem De Kooning, Kristin Tennyson,
Candy Jernigan, Zang Xiaogang, Davida Allen, Frida
Kahlo, Brett Whiteley, Francis Bacon, Arone Meeks,
Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Velazquez, James, Gleeson,
Egon Schiele, Orlan ,Andy Warhol, Anneke Silver,
Cindy Sherman, Tracey Moffat, Jean Michel Basquiat,
Julie Rrap, Madonna Staunton, John Dahlsen,
Vincent van Gogh(1853 -1890)
Van Gogh for whom colour was the chief
symbol of expression, was born in
Holland. Van Gogh's finest works were
produced in less than three years in a
technique that grew more and more
impassioned in brushstroke, in symbolic
and intense colour, in surface tension,
and in the movement and vibration of
form and line.
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/bio.html
Van Gogh's Room at Arles, 1888
Oil on Canvas 57 cm x 74 cm
Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of
the world's most famous graphic artists. He is most
famous for his so-called impossible structures, such
as Ascending and Descending, Relativity, his
Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I,
Metamorphosis II and Metamorphosis III, Sky &
Water I or Reptiles.
Escher played with architecture, perspective and
impossible spaces. His art continues to amaze and
wonder millions of people all over the world. In his
work we recognize his keen observation of the
world around us and the expressions of his own
fantasies. M.C. Escher shows us that reality is
wondrous, comprehensible and fascinating.
http://www.mcescher.com/
M.C. (Maurits Cornelis) Escher :
Hand with Reflecting Sphere - 1935 Lithograph
Jean Michel Basquiat 1960 -1988
"The only thing the market liked
better than a hot young artist was a
dead hot young artist, and it got one
in Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose
working life of about nine years was
truncated by a heroin overdose at
the age of twenty-seven.” quote
from Robert Hughes from “American
Vision “
Jean-Michel Basquiat originally a
graffiti art with the tag SAMO (“same
old shit”), move on to canvas works
and gallery exhibition.
Basquiat came to personify the art
scene of the 80's, with its merging of
youth culture, money, hype, excess,
and self-destruction
http://www.artchive.com
Untitled acrylic and mixed media on
canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984
Madonna Staunton contemporary
Australian Artist born NSW 1938
Staunton is primarily a collage artist. She began to
establish a reputation in this medium during the
1970s (and was represented in the Third Biennale
of Sydney in 1979). The components of her twoand three-dimensional assemblages are usually
drawn from old, faded and battered discards that
are carefully put together in new ways and given
another life. A play between randomness and
precision animates virtually all Madonna Staunton's
assemblage work.
http://www.artlink.com.au
Madonna Staunton, Key (2002)
cabriole chair leg, text and piano keys.
Capital
A
2006
Mixed
media
on
board