In this unit, I will explore a range of installation and site-specific sculpture techniques and will analyse how a range of artists use different materials to create installation and site-specific artworks. I will work collaboratively to adopt the art-making practice of key artists in order to create a series of installation and site-specific artworks. I will create my own installation or site-specific work informed by these artmaking activities, as well as a range of artist studies.
Why is there a need for art to engage all of the senses?
Audiences are nol longer content with just admiring and looking at artworks, audiences are now buying artworks online when they haven't even seen them. Art has turned into a somewhat needed trend of our current time, and it would seem odd if you didn't have a magnificent piece of art in your house. There are people from all over the world hiring people to go out and buy an artwork so they can build up a collection, hoping later the prices will rise and they'll gain major profit.
Audiences are nol longer content with just admiring and looking at artworks, audiences are now buying artworks online when they haven't even seen them. Art has turned into a somewhat needed trend of our current time, and it would seem odd if you didn't have a magnificent piece of art in your house. There are people from all over the world hiring people to go out and buy an artwork so they can build up a collection, hoping later the prices will rise and they'll gain major profit.
Are contemporary artists concerned with the longevity of their work?
Longevity is how long something will last, and in this case; how long an artwork will last. I believe temporary art is most definitely a form of art, just because an artwork doesn't last very long, does not mean it's not art...
The lasting time of an artwork should not matter, what matters is that the artwork has been fulfilled and completed by the artist with an audience to admire and comment on the artwork. Artists would engage with temporary artworks because they might see it as 'beautiful' that they don't last long and/or have a conceptual meaning behind the artworks longevity.
Longevity is how long something will last, and in this case; how long an artwork will last. I believe temporary art is most definitely a form of art, just because an artwork doesn't last very long, does not mean it's not art...
The lasting time of an artwork should not matter, what matters is that the artwork has been fulfilled and completed by the artist with an audience to admire and comment on the artwork. Artists would engage with temporary artworks because they might see it as 'beautiful' that they don't last long and/or have a conceptual meaning behind the artworks longevity.
SPACE/HISTORY/TIME/MEANING
As a class we were split into four groups and learnt about space, time, meaning and history associated with different, chosen artworks. My groups role was space, we decided to focus on three artworks: 'The Fountain' by Marcel Duchamp, 'Palace Guard Peeing' by Banksy and 'Sheep Station' by the public art program Ghetty Station. By creating an artwork in a specific space will create strong meaning to the artwork and questioning to the audience. The time the work was created, changes the context the artwork is in, although the time an artwork is created will not always show the messages the artists has given to it.
TRADITIONAL VS. CONTEMPORARY
Step 1: Traditional art is made for aesthetic purposes. Traditional art is specific to a culture, which has been passed down generations, eg. paintings, sculptures, drawings, realism, impressionism, surrealism, certain types of traditional art can be referred to a culture. Is it considered to be 'traditional' art because it has been done for many years and is still an upholding art medium. The different types of techniques
would include use of colour in according to the where the artwork is set, different tones of shadow, varying brush and pencil thicknesses, drawing techniques for eg. perspective drawings and each culture has a different way of creating their sculptures like using wax for a cast, or starting the sculpture from the top instead of the bottom. Types of materials would include, oil paints, pencil, charcoal, clay which would be used for sculptures, ink, pastel, stone, metal, ceramics and wood. Traditional artists would have chosen to use these materials and techniques, because it has been that way for generations to keep the tradition flowing, if the artists chose to change the techniques and materials, this would change the general idea of the audience as they would not see the artworks as aesthetically pleasing as the unchanged traditional artworks. The key subject matters the artists would have explored include portraits, still life, landscapes, religious beliefs, portraits of high classed people at the time, architecture. The people who were buying the artworks only wanted minimal types of subject matter artworks.
Step 2: Contemporary art belongs to the modern time. There are no limitations to materials and techniques, the current contemporary artists use photography, lights, sounds, and installation. The contemporary artists today use whatever techniques and materials they think will be appropriate, they use many different techniques and materials. make their art more contemporary than other artists, they challenge other artists, matters related to consumerism, stereotypes, environment, politically incorrect etc. Two contemporary artists are Basquiat, and Yayoi Kusama.
What are the similarities and differences between traditional and contemporary art? Consider materials, techniques, and subject matter?
Traditional art focus' more solely on physical beauty and historical relationship rather than contemporary, focusing on stereotypes and environment. traditional art uses a specific type of material, medium and techniques based around the idea of the cultural heritage and history being explored in the artwork, contesting the contemporary artists idea of using material, medium and the techniques to portray ideas relevant to the concept being adressed. Contemporary art still uses traditional pencil and oil materials.
What are the similarities and differences between traditional and contemporary art? Consider materials, techniques, and subject matter?
Traditional art focus' more solely on physical beauty and historical relationship rather than contemporary, focusing on stereotypes and environment. traditional art uses a specific type of material, medium and techniques based around the idea of the cultural heritage and history being explored in the artwork, contesting the contemporary artists idea of using material, medium and the techniques to portray ideas relevant to the concept being adressed. Contemporary art still uses traditional pencil and oil materials.
Traditional art focus more solely on physical beauty and historical relationship rather than contemporary, focusing on stereo types and environment. Traditional art uses a specific type of material, medium and techniques based around the idea of the cultural heritage and history being explored in the artwork, contesting the contemporary artists idea of using material, medium and techniques to portray ideas relevant to the concept being adressed. Contemporary art still uses traditional pencil and oil materials.