Grade 12 Deadlines

Theory:
Brett Murray Infographic- 5 &  6 May

Practical

WW MTDTD Sourcebook Part 1 (40 marks]- 5 &6  May

WW MTDTD Concept drawing [10 marks]- 12 May

WW MTDTD LO2 (Product/ Artwork) [50 marks] - Last week of Term 2- 27 June

Murray: Art and Politics Grade 12 Examples From 2013 Exams

This metal cut-out by Brett Murray hangs on the wall in the Durban Art Gallery , where it has caused much controversy.

FACT FILE:

The artist does the original drawing.

The digital design is read and cut by an automated laser-cutting machine.

Black is metal, white is the wall – a void.

The text reads:

YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND IT’S A BLACK THING

YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND IT’S A WHITE THING

2.1.1
What is your opinion about the role of digital / electronic media in today’s media world?                                               Could be pro or con – give reasons    þ þ   (2)

2.1.2

What elements and principles of art does the artist use? Explain how he uses them.

Eg Line (outlines become solid shapes) eg Positive & negative shapes (solids & voids – discuss) þ þ
  (2)

           

2.1.3

What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?

Does he manage to do this effectively?  Why?  (3)

Clash between B & W cultures. Colonial explorer versus the ‘primitive’ cannibal.
 Uses a humorous medium – cartoons.
Accept any reasoned answer.

Johannes Phokela: Art and Politics Grade 12 2013 Examples

 Johannes Phokela

Land of Cockaigne, 2000

“Cockaigne is an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand and where the harshness of life does not exist”

Below are the exam questions you discussed on this piece

3.1

How does Johannes Phokela’s painting Land of Cockaigne, 2000, use humour to comment on the politicians of today?   Think of  both verbal and visual humour.  (2)

 

Exaggerates human figures to resemble the pig.
Play on the word ‘cocaine’.

Land of milk and honey (from the statues breasts)

Slice of ‘bacon’ from the pig – uses verbal puns a lot.

BUT .. The land looks barren!

 

3.2

Analyse the painting (i.e. discuss the elements and principles used) to show its power as a social/political commentary.  (4)

Renaissance type of landscape with illusions of form and space.

Strong colour in the background – gives a poster effect. 

3.3

The composition plays an important part  in establishing the clarity of the message. Discuss how Phokela has managed this.

  (4)

Composition – central FA – very formal. Diagonal implied lines point towards the fountain.

Grade 9 Story Box Evaluation

Click on the link to your Box Story Project Brief.

Have a look at Upsana Patel's 'Story Box' about Time..

 

Link to Original Story Box Project Brief

Storybox Rubric	Mark Allocation	Your Mark	Comments
Is the story clear? (i.e. can I interpret the pictures/ sculpted objects easily or do I need you to explain?)	10
Technical skill (i.e. how have you made various areas?)	10
Collection and Use of materials	10
Originality and overall impression	10
Time Management	5
Presentation	5
TOTAL	50

Due Dates:

 9B - 15 May- Day 9 - Link to Grade 9B Digital Evaluation Form

9T- 12 May- Day 6 - Link to Grade 9T Digital Evaluation Form

Political Poster Examples and Brett Murray Influences

Link to an Informative Article on Politics



http://www.imaginemag.co.za/09OctNov_Artic1.



End Conscription Campaign, printed this poster against sending troops into the townships, in 1985. The ECC worked closely with the UDF. Silkscreen. Source: South African History Archive Collection

Image from: http://www.sahistory.org.za/organisations/end-conscription-campaign-ecc



http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/the-campaign-to-boycott-apartheids-sports-teams-then-south-african-and-now-israeli/

Cloud Tutorial

Cloud

Artist: Grace Kotze

http://www.kznsagallery.co.za/exhibitionimages/after_20_years_20_artists.htm

The Grade 11's and I were experimenting with creating clouds, as part of our study of Liberty Leading the People.

You could use a similar technique for your drawings.  

Link to PPT on using pastel and acrylic to create a cloud

Grade 9 Practical Project T2: Creating your own Ceramic Animal Head

Examples of figures created by Jane Alexander

http://camh.org/exhibitions/jane-alexander-surveys-cape-good-hope#.U1fHm1WSySo

Figure by Elizabeth Balcomb

http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/08/product-design-resin-animal-heads-by-sarah-buxton/

Link to Pinterest Inspiration board

Practical Requirements:

You will be supplied with the clay, but you need to collect your own container and reference images.  

Your head must be small enough to fit into a cottage cheese size tub.

• You will begin by modelling the basic form and then leave your clay to dry slightly. 
• When it is leather-hard you will begin carving in details using a 4H pencil and toothpicks.
• You will then hollow out the base so that your head can stand on a pencil.

leath·er-hard

  [leth-er-hahrd]  Show IPA

adjective

(of ceramic clay) moist but not sufficiently so to be plastic.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leather-hard

"I carved out and texturized the moss cape.  I looked around my studio for something that I could use for just the right texture, and found a nice old sturdy, crappy brush.  Perfect."-Maryanna Hoggatt  

Please note Maryanna is using a slightly different technique to us, but you may want to see her process work at the link below: http://littlewolfblog.com/2014/01/08/animal-battle-sculpting-a-maquette/

Balcomb - Grade 9 Visual Literacy by Mrs Moore

Balcomb - Grade 9 Visual Literacy

Artist: Elizabeth Balcomb
Medium: Paper clay
Size: 17cm x 17cm x 50cm
Title: Evolution
Date: 2013

Step 1: Research this sculpture using the following links .....

Link to an infographic on Evolution

Balcomb's website  or  Try ArtOdyssey for another link

Below is an image from Balcomb's website. 
You can see what a greenware piece looks like before it is bisque fired.

Step 2: Then complete the following worksheet ......
Please check you are answering in the correct register class space :-)

Grade 9T Visual analysis Link

Grade 9B Digital Visual Analysis Link

Mrs Moore's Post on a Holiday Workshop at the KZNSA

Holiday workshop

Have a 3 hour Art in the Park (gallery) experience! 

Sifiso ka Mkame and a team will be holding a holiday practical workshop at the KZNSA Gallery on Wednesday 30th April. [10h00 - 13h00]

Come and learn a new skill and create an art work for your portfolio. All materials will be supplied - just bring yourself.

Look at the examples below to see the type of work that will be taught.

Sifiso Ka-Mkame

Letters of Home (detail)

Oil pastel on paper

122 x 150cm

2012 – 2014

Wesley van Eeden

Secret Country

Ltd Edition archival print

29.7 x 42cm

Find out more about these artists on this link ..........
KZNSA Gallery Education

Liberty Leading the People: Practical Activity: Gr 11VA

Complete an experiment based on Delacroix’s Paint technique.

• Plot in the basic shapes using one or two acrylic colours on brown card,
• Then add darker tones with pastels.  Use your finger and vaseline to blend in areas.
• Then add outlines and some details using 6B pencils and more pastel layers to blend in areas.

I started with my clouds and some small building sketches

Now I am experimenting with adding a figure

I suggest you create an example based on the clouds in the background.  

Below is an example of a current Durban artist's work based on clouds:

Grace Kotze

Habitat: 4, 2009. oil on canvas mounted on board 33.3 x 33.3cm

Image from; http://www.artthrob.co.za/Reviews/Review-of-Darkness-_and_-Wonder-New-Oil-Paintings-by-Peter-Machen-at-KZNSA.aspx

Cloud

Artist: Grace Kotze

http://www.kznsagallery.co.za/exhibitionimages/after_20_years_20_artists.htm

Self-evaluation on Personal Geographies Practical: Grade 12

Link to PG self-evaluation Grade 12 Sturgess

Personal Geographies Self-evaluation Grade 11 Sturgess

Link to PG self-evaluation form

Brett Murray: The Spear Practical Activity & Evaluation Form: 2014 Grade 12

For those of you creating a prezi...here is the censored image

Practical Activity: 

Use the halftone filter on pixlr or the cutout filter on photoshop to create your own poster style portrait. Try experiment with a power pose.

link to post on using cutout/ halftone

link to PPT on how to use the Cut out filter on adobe Photoshop

SELF-EVALUATION FORM

Link to Grade 12 Spear Self-evaluation Form

Brett Murray: The Spear: Art and Politics: Grade 12 2014

Below is Mrs Moore's Post on 

Brett Murray

The theme of Art & Politics: Resistance Art is still relevant, especially regarding the role of censorship and the arts.

Remember - the theme is about images of POWER & RESISTANCE - not about morality and policing.

Murray based his painting on a historic poster of Lenin - a Russian dictator. Strangely enough - Zapiro then based his later satirical commentary on Murray's work - and so commentary carries on .......

Painting of The Spear - after modification

An historic poster of Lenin on which Murray based his work

Zapiro comment on Murray's work

How could you make an artwork go 'viral' to avoid censorship?

Read the arguments around this issue of censorship, and study the work itself.

1. On both sides ........

2. An argument against ........

3. Another interesting article .........

4. And another about freedom of the media ........

Argue your point of view by creating an infographic about this work. Don't forget to consider the artistic merits by analysing the elements, principles and technical aspects.
Look at other Brett Murray works that reference political cartoons.
(To protect and serve - a laser cut metal 'cartoon')

Brett Murray explains......

Infographic structure

For those of you who enjoyed the Ka Mkame Worksheet and would prefer to do your homework on your cellphone here is the worksheet link: 

Link to Digital worksheet on Brett Murray.

remember to submit and save the url of your worksheet so that you can work on your answers over time.