UNIT 2 - RESOLVED ARTWORK
After exploring in Semester One - Art as lens through a series of quick visual tasks with research and expanding this into Semester Two with Art as Code and more quick experiements through research the course concludes with an extended resolved artwork.
TASK
· Responding:
- students review all experimental work from the teacher-directed focus areas and select one area for extension to create a resolved artwork
• Cultural signals — cultural and formal context ( personal )
• Gender-specific — cultural context ( personal )
• Repetition — formal context
• Changing — formal context
• Abstracted land — cultural and formal context ( personal )
- students establish an inquiry question relating to the chosen focus that identifies an individual interest and can deepen the scope of the inquiry
- students research new ideas and identify and test alternate solutions inspired by research to extend the knowledge of the chosen focus through formal and cultural contexts.
DANIEL STATHAM
溺水 #1 – Surf rescue
Photograph – gloss A3 paper digital print – digital media
29.7cm x 42cm
2022
DANIEL STATHAM
溺水 #2 – open your eyes
Photograph – gloss A3 paper digital print – digital media
29.7cm x 42cm
2022
Racial profiling and stereotypes are things that surround our Australian society every day. In my artwork a person of Asiatic descent has been placed as the central subject to signify an Asian stereotype within Australian society. Through the manipulation of the elements and principles of design including value, contrast, and colour (lack of), the artworks can create and establish meaning. The work “Surf Rescue” and “Open Your Eyes” can be interpreted and viewed through a wide variety of simple symbolism and cultural/formal context to depict a much more complex message. The titles are both stereotypical, and racist perceptions or comments made by a predominently caucasian society every day whilst also displaying a clear message that this racial stereotyping is a problem. The subject, being submerged in water (or about to be), wearing lifeguard clothing, challenges the stereotypical notion that the majority of Asian people cannot swim.
However, a second interpretation could be that the subject is drowning in these stereotypes and racial profiling.
JACK RAFF
Change – ”Power now Days” - Series
Photoshop
2022
My work shows how change by recontextualising previous artworks with a contemporary emphasis. Change is happening all the time; from the leaders in the world who have the power or show their power to try and change the world. In this task I have used old well known artworks and altered the faces of the people on them to incorporate contemporary power people.
”Power now Days” has many layers of meaning .
JAY CAMPBELL
Collage #1 – Today
Photoshop – ripped photographs and magazines
52 x 38 cm
2022
JAY CAMPBELL
Collage #2 – Yesterday
Photoshop – ripped photographs and magazines
50 x 40 cm
2022
Collage is a way of manipulating a thousand images in your head and vomiting them out onto a canvas. Through the techniques of ripping and sticking I wanted myself to be the subject of change and be influenced by the skate culture through fashion. With myself, being the main subject, it is important to look at the story behind to find the meaning of the art.
VINCENT WILKIE
Gender comparison
Those from the present
Photoshop
297 x 420 mm
2022
The past and present are both things that it is impossible to escape. With history repeating itself it is inevitable that things like fashion, art, and culture of the past slowly manage to find a way into present life; challenging the separation between the past and present to almost nothing. ”Those From the Present" is a piece of retro poster artwork that explores the ability for people with a present aesthetic and someone with a retro aesthetic to come together. The text on this poster encourages the viewer to understand the meaning of this piece.
VINCENT WILKIE
Gender comparison
The takeover
Photoshop
420 x 297 mm
2022
The 70’s picture, ‘The Takeover’ is a piece that explores how, even though history repeats itself and retro features appear in present life, there is always going to be a majority of present style, aesthetic and personality overtaking the retro themes. The use of the retro colours and the 70’s font gives the piece its' retro vibe - the use of the cover on the background makes you see the people in the image instead of what’s behind them.
Overall both of these pieces explore the similarities and differences between the present and the past, and that even though time keeps on going forward there will always be the repetition of the past.
DAN MAURICE
5-5-5 series
Acrylic paint, watercolour, graphite pencil, photoshop on paper
297 x 420 mm
2022
The modern freedom of sexuality and gender is a relatively new concept in the majority of the world. People often dismiss the idea, as it is foreign, and for some even considered immoral.
Using a variation of art techniques such as the use of different media and a visual manipulation of certain features of the human body the idea of sexual freedom can be grasped. Generally, a hand is a key feature in defining the gender of a person. A general stereotype is men have rougher and fuller hands while feminine hands are more delicate hands. This series suggests that underneath the skin every person internally looks almost identical. Exploring that gender freedom is an acceptable concept as people shouldn't be defined by their external features. Furthermore, the continued reference to the rainbow symbol throughout the series emphasises the push for gender equality and acceptance.
ANTHONY BAKER
Nature and Innovation - “Earth’s Finest”
Water Colour – Pencil
854mm x 390mm
2022
Nature and its' animals, ranging from plants to the animal, are perfect organisms. Built for the very moment they live in - achieving the most efficient way of living life. Consider the aerodynamics of high-flying predators such as hawks, the muscular large build of the rhinoceros, to the deep, high pressure capable, majestic whales. The natural design of these animals has allowed them to dominate in their classes allowing for an unbeatable dominance. The very design of these animal's evolution have inspired humanity to create our own innovations to outclass others and excel in capability.
The simplicity and abstraction of the backgrounds of each triptych piece allows viewers to focus on the main point - the animals and their “human recreations”.
CHARLIE COFFEY
Abstracted landscape #1 - Sunset Typa Day
Watercolours – watercolour brushes
15 x 20cm
2022
Landscapes are surrounding us in our everyday lives - we just never take note of all of them due to there ordinariness. Abstracted landscapes use formal elements to depict the concept of a landscape. Using the elements colour and space creates a relationship to the landscape.
This artwork has no conceptual meaning other than appreciating the landscape in a new lense.
ALEX HUI
Untitled
Ink on paper
21.0 x 29.7 cm
2022
The inevitable change in our climate is soon to conclude.
Skies blue eroding the air, distress, and sadness seeping through fake emotions. An artificial life that many of us take on every day, dismissing the bigger picture. My artwork explored the reality that is known now as China. The many symbols found throughout the artwork not only challenges the audience with many thoughts but also give an alibi of a meaning that can be read easily.
The black square figure represents a factory that disperses toxic fumes into the atmosphere. The lines that go down the paper serves as a symbol that not only do the fumes affect the sky but also the environment below trapping the animal figure behind the lines. The lines that are slanted upwards act as a broken stair base having meaning that all creatures cannot be gifted death naturally anymore without artificiality.
ZEN PIZZINAT
Fighting Sky
Colour pencil – Multi-coloured gouache on 300gsm paper
28 x 22 cm
2022
Landscapes surround our lives 24/7 however we tend to not take notice of them. Through the techniques of patterns, textures, colours, shapes/size and scale I wanted to manipulate a landscape and changed the way it is perceived by the naked eye. Sentient rays of sunshine, as the sun sets, create a vortex of different shades and shadows which comes from the presence of the clouds. The water differs from dark to light as the clouds tower above certain areas. The use of white tones on the water hints at movement and flow along with subtle tints of yellow as a reflection of the falling sun. In the centre, the edges of the clouds are shaded lighter to portray the breaching light. These visual traits collectively create a landscape never seen before.
ANGUS ROBINSON
Les temps ont changé
Mixed Media on wood
61 x 76 cm
2022
It was the dominant principle of Pop Art culture which aimed to exploit the gender stereotypes of the era - where woman were subservient to men through their gender roles which established firmly as women as care givers and tools for procreation. This composition ‘Les temps ont changé’ aims to subvert these gender stereotypes and highlight these outdated notions through a contemporary western cultural lens. The background composed of black and white images from the era act as a metaphor for how the notions of gender roles are outdated and need addressing. The use of 'The Scales of Justice' further pushes this notion, acting as a symbol for the gender and power imbalance. The crying Statue of Liberty, dressed in a pink robe, is a signifier for how far we as a society still have to move to achieve equality and reconciliation for these old-fashioned gender paradigms.
CONNA WATSON
Untitled
Mixed media on paper
2022
The female body is something that is forever changing and coming with this change is the changing of perspective as to what the perfect female figure should be. By implementing female figures into artworks, another perspective on this topic of gender stereotypes can be created and explored. Further questioning can is done through the abstraction of the artwork such as analyzing text on top of the pieces. What is a stereotype? How is this a stereotype? How does this question stereotype? To further enhance meaning in this artwork colour was added to the piece to further individualize each era and show how the female body is forever changing.
Women are forever changing. The notion of female ”Perfection” is forever changing.
MASON KING
Changing and cultural signals 1# - The Crucifix
Photoshop
16 x 12 cm
2022
The long history of homophobia within religions has been an ongoing problem within today’s society. It is a problem that is often dismissed and not treated with the importance it is needed. Who is to say that people can not love who they want. Through photoshop I have used a simplistic design to create an artwork that challenges the modern-day outlook on homosexuality and homophobia. From the artwork two flags can be identified, one flag represents LGBTQ community which is mainly consists of acceptance and belonging, whereas the other flag represents the religion of Christianity, who forbid homosexuality.
People may find this artwork offensive depending on the individual's personal viewpoint, as it consists of two very opposite beliefs.
PETER BOUSGAS
Distortionized
Copic black pen – lead pencil – cut out distortion patterning on A3 paper -
297 x 420 mm
A very underrated choice of artwork is the style of distortion where artworks of anything are distorted to give an effect and an illusion that not only visually engages the audience but makes them want to analyse the artwork further. My artwork titled 'Distorinized' is a primary photograph of myself but is distorted on the left side of my face whilst also contrasting a psychedelic and distorted pattern. There is no meaning behind this artwork as my artwork essentially just shows how effective and possibly important distortion can be in artworks.
STEPHEN EARDLEY
Lived space #1 – The coffee shop
Ultra saturate blue – white gouache – colour pencil - gold leaf & pigment on 300gsm paper
18 x 18cm
2022
Lived spaces are things that are familiar to us. The things we often visually dismiss because of their ordinariness. Through the use of simple techniques such as pattern use, colour selection (reduction to monochromatic) and manipulation of composition, these can become artworks in their own right. They become a study of form and light, scale and proportion and allow a developed aesthetic for the simplicity of the relationship between objects to be observed. To visually engage with the subject it is necessary to include void so in this work there is asymmetrical balance in play with an addition of a touch of light in the form of gold leaf highlight. This is something the viewer expects to see from reflective glass surfaces though possibly not as a precious component of the composition.
There is no conceptual meaning within the artwork other than revisiting and appreciating the familiar in a new way – changing the visual lens.
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