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Artist Research, Investigation and presentation

Unit 3 OUTCOME 1

Source: Claire Mooney, 2023

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�Area of Study 1, Outcome 1 - Investigation and presentation�Research and exploration�

In this outcome you will begin to develop a Body of Work.

You will research one artwork by a selected contemporary or historical artist as inspiration for your own art practice.

You will identify the ideas explored by the artist, and any issues that arise from the artwork or the practice of the artist.

Your Body of Work begins with developing a personal response, presented in a finished artwork, and the research and documentation of their art practice.

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Responding to research

You will explore the ideas communicated by the artist in the selected artwork and develop your own ideas in response.

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You will also identify any issues presented in the artwork or the practice of the artist you have studied to inform the development of your personal response.

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Your personal response, resolved in a finished artwork, requires you to use the original artwork as a departure point for further investigation.

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Direct reinterpretations or appropriations of the original artwork should be avoided.

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You may create your response in a different art form than the artwork you research.

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Documentation of Creative Practice

  • You will document your research, ongoing exploration and experimentation, as well as the further development and refinement of your ideas and technical skills.
  • You will apply the Interpretive Lenses to reflect on personal ideas and the development of visual language throughout the Creative Practice.
  • Selected documentation will be presented for the critique you present for Area of Study 1 at the start of Term 2.

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Unit 3, Outcome 1�Assessment Criteria

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Outcome 1, Criteria 1 - Research and analyse the ideas and issues explored by artists in their practice.�

  • Key skills
  • research and analyse the ideas explored by artists in their artworks
  • research and analyse issues related to the artwork or practice of the artist.

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  • Evidence
  • documented evidence of the selected artwork, ideas and related issues
  • references to sources in the research as supporting evidence
  • A presentation of the research conducted by the student in a written report of 300–500 words with documented visual evidence

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Criteria 1 – what you will need to do

  • Artist Research Booklet and evaluation tasks – initial research and evaluation – preparation for folio and report

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  • Folio work – Visual research, Artist research, Artwork images and annotations in your folio – evaluating ideas, issues and artist’s practice

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  • 300-500 word report (with visuals) submitted for assessment

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Outcome 1, Criteria 2: Explore materials, techniques and processes in the Creative Practice to develop a visual language

Key skills

  • Use selected materials, techniques, processes and art forms throughout the Creative Practice
  • Explore and document the use of materials, techniques and processes to develop effective visual language.

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Evidence

  • At least one finished artwork that responds to the ideas explored using the Creative Practice
  • Use of materials, techniques and processes in one finished artwork. Use of visual language to communicate ideas or issues including at least one finished artwork.

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Criteria 2 – what you will need to do

  • Folio – Explore ideas and issues

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  • Folio – refine materials/techniques and visual language

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  • Final artwork – create at least one final artwork

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  • All of the above is directly influenced by your chosen artist and artwork

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Outcome 1, Criteria 3 - Document and evaluate the Creative Practice using Interpretive Lenses to develop and refine at least one finished artwork responding to the practice of an artist.

Key skill

  • Select and apply the appropriate Interpretive Lenses throughout the Creative Practice
  • Explore, document, reflect on and evaluate the use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine an artwork, using appropriate written, and visual material
  • Develop and critically evaluate visual language to communicate ideas or issues

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Evidence

  • Documented visual and written evidence demonstrating:
  • Evaluation of the Creative Practice used to develop and refine at least one finished artwork. Evaluation of the development of the visual language used to communicate ideas and issues in at least one finished artwork
  • Use of appropriate Interpretive Lenses throughout the Creative Practice
  • Appropriate written and visual material that reflects upon and evaluates the Creative Practice, the response to the researched artist, their practice and selected artwork.

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Criteria 3 – what you need to do

Annotations!

This covers your annotations for EVERYTHING.

You must make sure you are not just describing, but ASSESSING AND EVALUATING your work

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(These annotations can also contribute to your critique when presented in a more formalized way)

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Outcome 1, Criteria 4 - Present a critique to explain the use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine one finished artwork.

Key skill

  • apply appropriate methods to present a critique of the use of the Creative Practice and the finished artworks
  • use appropriate written and visual material to document

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Evidence

  • A critique presented in a digital format, such as an online presentation or interactive website or an oral critique with written and visual evidence:
  • Explaining the use of the Creative Practice to develop and refine at least one finished artwork that is a response to the practice of an artist.
  • Reflection and evaluation on the use of the Creative Practice to develop, refine and resolve at least one finished artwork.
  • Appropriate written and visual material to document, reflect upon and evaluate the development and refinement of an artwork
  • Documentation and reflection of audience feedback to further develop ideas in Area of Study 2.

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Criteria 4 – what you will need to do

  • Document (photograph) your folio AS YOU GO

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  • Explain your creative choices in relation to your selected artist, artwork, materials, art forms, visual language, ideas and issues

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  • Present this critique to selected fellow students (2-3) via Google Slides presentation and oral presentation and collect feedback from them via feedback sheets

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  • Reflect on this feedback in your folio –self-evaluation at the end of Outcome 1

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  • Incorporate this feedback into your further Creative Practice – folio process

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Terms: Body of Work�

The Body of Work consists of personal responses by the student in their art practice. The Body of Work extends across Unit 3 and 4.

The Body of Work consists of artworks that integrate the four components of the Creative Practice: research and exploration, experimentation and development, reflection and evaluation, and refinement and resolution.

Using the Creative Practice the student will produce a collection of artworks, related to each other through ideas, subject matter, style, art form, or materials and techniques.

Each of the artworks that make up the Body of Work should be of equal complexity and importance to the overall collection.

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Terms - Creative Practice�

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The Creative Practice is an iterative process that is integral to the conceptualisation, development and making of artworks.

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The components of the Creative Practice are:

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  • research and exploration
  • experimentation and development
  • refinement and resolution
  • reflection and evaluation

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Outcome 1: Selecting artists

  • Brainstorm your own ideas before selecting a range of artists from the included list to explore and research.

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  • You want to make sure that the artist and artwork you end up choosing to respond to is relevant to your own practice.

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  • Remember though, you CAN change themes and ideas after the initial artist research and first final artwork

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  • Some things to consider when choosing your artist are the following….

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Subject matter

What subject matter is explored by the artist?

What is the artist communicating through the subject matter?

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Do you want to explore similar subject matter?

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Are there other ways, materials, techniques, forms you could use to explore the same subject matter?

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Could you explore similar subject matter but create different meaning?

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Materials/techniques

What materials does the artist use?

What meanings/symbolism are associated with the materials?

What history do they have?

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Are you interested in those materials/techniques

Can you explore different techniques or subject matter using the same materials?

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Aesthetic style

What is the particular style of the artist?

What associations or inherent symbolism does this style have?

Can you incorporate this style in your artwork?

Can you manipulate or adopt this style to convey OR SUBVERT meaning?

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Ideas & issues

What ideas or issues are explored, presented or raised in the artwork or by the artist?

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Are you interested in those ideas and issues?

How can you represent these from your own point of view?

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Subject Matter, Themes and Artists

Select your artist from the following list

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A great starting place to research artists is the website

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https://www.theartstory.org/�

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The Human Figure

Historical

Michelangelo

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Contemporary

Ron Mueck

Jenny Saville

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The Expressive Figure

Historical

Gustav Klimt

Egon Schiele

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Contemporary

Del Kathryn Barton

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Using personal stories in art��Feminism�The female body

Historical

Frida Kahlo

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Contemporary

Tracey Emin

Julie Rrap

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The Australian Landscape

Historical

Fred Williams

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Contemporary

John Wolesley

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Rosalie Gascoigne

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Environmental/ �Land Art

Historical

Robert Smithson

Nancy Holt

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Contemporary

Andy Goldsworthy

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�Light, Colour & Landscape

Historical

Claude Monet

Georgia O’Keefe

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Contemporary

James Turrell

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(Abstract) Sculpture

Historical

Richard Serra

Barbara Hepworth

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Contemporary

Sarah Sze

Bronwyn Oliver

Yayoi Kusama

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Culture & Politics

Historical

Barbara Kruger

Andy Warhol

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Contemporary

Ai Wei Wei

Banksy

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Music & Form

Historical

Wassily Kandinsky

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Contemporary

David Haines & Joyce Hinterding

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Weaving (as material and concept)

Historical

Anni Albers

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Contemporary

Bronwyn Oliver

El Anatsui

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Life & Death

Historical

Clara Peeters

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Contemporary

Damien Hirst

Sam Taylor Wood

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War & Conflict

Historcial

Francisco de Goya

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Contemporary

George Gittoes

Tim Shaw

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Time, Illusion & Reality

Historical

Salvador Dali

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Contemporary

Daniel Crooks

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Aboriginal Art (traditional & contemporary)

Historical

Clifford Possum

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Contemporary

Tracey Moffat

Richard Bell

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Painting & Drawing

  • Caravaggio
  • Laith McGregor

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Ceramics

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  • Lynda Draper
  • Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
  • Grayson Perry
  • Ah Xian