Major Work Proposal
Student Name: Tina Winkhouse
Class: 10 Art
Relevant References/Influences (texts, artists, artworks, etc.)
Theodore Gericault. The Raft of the Medusa.
Tokyo Hotel [band].
Grünewald, Matthias.
Dadaist Photomontage
Focus of Work (Thematic & Formal concerns, you might like to start with a brainstorm)
Theme:
The proposed work reflects upon contemporary society’s obsession with celebrity.
It seeks to compare this with people’s approach to religion.
Formal Concerns:
By presenting this in an overly dramatised, absurd aesthetic the rationality of this
obsession is brought into question.
The image will also directly reference past artworks to compound the meaning (see
below).
As these concerns reflect much of the history of photomontage practice; namely
absurd imagery motivated for social critique, this medium should be well suited to the
task.
Intended number, scale and media of works (what you intend to make eg. oil on board etc.)
1 work. 2 Dimensional. A3. Digital print.
Selected Source Images from Research (to be recorded in Visual Diary and annotated)
Grünewald, Matthias. “Isenheim Altarpiece”. 1515. Oil on wood. 269 x 307 cm. Available URL:
<http://www.museumsyndicate.com/item.php?item=12610>
Théodore Géricault. “The Raft of the Medusa”. 1818-19. Oil on canvas. 491 × 716 cm. Available URL:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault,_Le_Radeau_de_la_M%C3%A9dus
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Tokyo Hotel. Available URL: <http://www.listen-free-music.com/images/tokio-hotel-tag.jpg>
Finished Major Work
Tina Winkhaus. Tokyo Hotel, the fans. digital print.
This is an actual artwork by Tina Winkhaus not simply an imaginary project.
For more of her work see: http://tinawinkhaus.de/