Greene-ware 2020 Year 12 Ella J Project Inquiry

IA2 Project Inquiry Phase 2

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• Inquiry Question: How can fear surrounding social crisis be expressed through line and colour? • The focus for my body is the fear surrounding the current social crisis 'the corona virus'.This piece shows the global spreading this disease has through a multitude of different countries.

The news and media are currently raising sever concerns over the fact that the 'COVID-19' Is easily spread through human contact, and high authority members are advising to stay in isolation for up to two weeks or possibly even more. As this disease has now spread to a large variety of countries, everyone is in danger.

Anxiety and fear surrounding the issue is increasing daily as it has now become a pandemic, with no end in sight.

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ARTIST STATEMENT • The COVID-19 • One resolved painting • Acrylic pain and permanent marker on canvas • Made to fit frame

• • My work is inspired by the current social issue 'the corona virus', focusing on the mass spreading and trapped isolation through a world map.This piece was made to express the stress and anxieties about the issue, and how the world is trapped inside for mass amounts of time. I challenged myself in this work to focus on an issue and put myself in other people's issues to connect with the meaning behind the piece.

Isolation and disease are shown through the occurring use of red, and harsh black lines are used to enhance on the harshness of the issue. The work includes both acrylic painting, whilst outlining with permanent marker to draw the figures.

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The COV/D-19 Made ta vid frame Acrylicandpermanent marker an canvas

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ANNOTATED DETAILS OF THE RESOLVED ARTWORK Developing: Social context- inspired by the current world crisis 'COVID-19' , highlighting the serious threat it has to many different countries.

The overcrowding of people in different countries shows the global spreading that occurs from this virus, and tagging each country that is infected My focus on 'the corona virus' was communicated through figures and colour wearing masks to show they are infected.

Researching: Research influencing my central focus: Laura Berger's use of colour and distorted figures inspires me to create abstracted people wearing masks giving off a sense of fear and uncertainty.

Berger also inspired me through her use of variation of tone with one singular colour.

Tom Gerrard's ' peakhour print' explores the use of different plain images stacked together to show overcrowding and mass groups of people in the one space.

Reflecting: The repetition of figures is shown throughout to display the different people in their countries who are infected with the disease.The two large figures peeping coming out of the painting in different sections helps to give off a sense of fear with their distorted like shape. Masks are shown on all the figures to display how they are infect ed , and the red symbolizes fear and illness.

The frame displays being trapped in isolation.

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I used different materials such as string and pins to mark the different countries that were effected from the virus

I made a large quantity of different experiments to figure out what I wanted in my overall piece.

I put together different news articles about th virus then painted on top of them

I practiced painting many different figures inspired by my two chosen artists. I knew I was going to use acrylic paint, but as I went along, I tried to find ways as to how I could incorporate using permanent marker to outline,

Research about the virus was completed in the initial phase in order to gain information and an understanding in what is happening currently surrounding the issue.

From the research I was also able to find what the shape and colour for the disease w as, which I painted a lot throughout my experimental.

Idid a lot of basic sketches to map out my experimental and painted little colour pallets as to what each one symbolized

Used a lot of red throughout my experimentaI phase, as well as in my final piece to represent fear and disease

Throughout the brainstorming phase, I pieced together different images to get a basic idea as to what Iwanted in my final.This included a variety of different faces close together to show the different people who were affected.

A colour scheme was also given off from the research images as many of the pictures included red and pink which was used in my overall piece

Tom Gerrard’s art career started in the mid-90s where his art could be found on the streets of Melbourne.

These days, he’s globally known for painting simplified characters, architecture and nature using a minimal colour palette. The characters and elements that make up his paintings have been inspired by people he’s seen and places he’s been.

Tom’s gallery work is an evolution of style and technique that was learned painting on the streets. He has fused this style with acrylic paints, water colours and any other materials that he can find in his studio.

After eight years of travelling around the world, Tom returned to Melbourne in 2016. Since then he has placed his artistic focus exclusively on Australian life, suburban culture and his natural surroundings. He has utilised his thirteen years working as a graphicdesigner, and as a result his art has a graphical look as he works with a minimal colour palette and strips back his subjects to simple shape and line work.

Tom has settled back into Melbourne life where he paints murals at large art festivals across the country, exhibits in prestigious galleries such as Bromley & Co and Benalla Art Gallery and collaborates with some of the country’s biggest names in contemporaryart.

In February 2016, Tom moved back to Melbourne where he continues to work as an artist and run his art podcast, Bench Talk.

Laura Berger's simple shaped figures inspired me throughout the making stage as it helped me to draw different shapes and people in abstracted ways. Her colour scheme is extremely .i!T.liJ-. 9.what Iused throughout my resolved artwork.

Chicago-based artist Laura Berger loves to explore "existential questions and ideas which exist on a spiritual or emotional plane" and her latest series focuses on themes of interdependence and self-awareness.

Featuring figurative imagery amongst dreamlike minimalistic environments and a muted colour palette, the paintings were recently exhibited in San Francisco in a group show called Future Show. "My work is inspired by many things but is primarily focused around our relationships with ourselves, each other, and the environment, and how we find a sense of place and meaning within the framework of modern life," Laura tells us.

Laura was a performance major in school. For painting, she's primarily self-taught, although she did work on theatrical backdrops when she was at college. "I started a disciplined painting practice about six years after I graduated as a way to find some healing from a difficult time in my life, and it slowly evolved into my full-time job," she adds.