ART SUMMER

TRANSITION WORK

The Human Figure

A LEVEL

YOUR TASK

 TASK 1:

Choose two artists who have created work with human figures/portraits that you have not looked at before. One must be a more traditional older artist (before 1940s with a wikipedia page) & the other a modern/contemporary artist. To do this use books and/or online research to gather your information. Create a presentation on these two artists and tell us why and how these artists inspire you. This can be presented as a Google Slides, creative display, creative mood board, a piece of creative writing … it is up to you but should roughly be a 5 minute presentation. This will be used in the first weeks of your A Level to present to the rest of the group.

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TASK 2:

Produce 2 pieces of artwork (minimum A4 size each) in your chosen media using the artists’ work as an inspiring starting point.

These could be 2D or 3D pieces of work

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Extra:

If you can go to a gallery or museum, take photos and tell us all about it!

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Helpful websites:

· National gallery, National portrait, Tate, Saatchi, Hayward, Whitechapel, Pompidou, Musee d Orsay, Louvre, Prado, Thyssen,  Reina Sofia, Guggenheim, MOMA NY

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What information should you include or consider for task 1?

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1. General information surrounding the artist.
1. Is the artist attached to an artistic movement?
2. What do they do?
3. Where are they from and when were they born?
4. Where do/did they study? Why do they make art? Who/what inspired them?

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2. Describe the artwork.

• What can you see? What are they using? Why have they chosen that medium?
• What are they inspired by? Composition, colour palette, size, title, symbolism.

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3. Your Opinion

- Why have you chosen the artist(s)? How do they compare? How could they inspire you?