Greene-ware 2020 Year 11 Bella C Art as Lens

UNIT 1: ART AS LENS REVERSE CHRONOLOGY INVESTIGATION

How do artists use and manipulate representations of people, places or objects in artworks to express personal viewpoints?

Nicholas Mole

Figure 1: Nicholas Mole, ils vous regardant (They Look at You) 2015-17 GOMA 2020

Dave Miko and Tom Thayer

Figure 2: Dave Miko and Tom Thayer, Baseless Legion of Architects Rent Asunder, 2012 Eleven Rivington’s exhibition

Henri Julien Rousseau

Figure 3: Henri Julien Rousseau, The Dream, 1910

Nicholas Mole: They Look at You •

The figure to the left is the progression of his projection as it goes through his story.

•

Personal & Cultural Context

•

2015 – 2017

•

On exhibition at GOMA from 15th June – 28th June 2020

•

Elements: colour, shape, space

•

Principles: contrast, pattern, movement

•

There is no boarder to his work, the art fills up the room – this may show there is no limits to his art and his personal views on this aspect of his culture.

Dave Miko and Tom Thayer: Baseless Legion of Architects Rent Asunder •

The figure to the left is one of the fifteen works included in the collaborative artwork.

• •

Personal Context Made in 2011

•

Focus: Nature, Variety of media

•

Elements: colour, space, value

•

Principles: contrast, movement

Henri Julien Rousseau: The Dream Personal Context Made in 1910 Focus: fantasy scenes and scenes of jungles, he incorporates realistic elements into his artworks.

Elements: form, texture, space Principles: movement, balance His artworks are influenced by French art, literature, museums, world events and even the Paris Zoo, this gives him context to work with and allows for him to incorporate some of his study on the things he usually focuses on in his works.

6

1

3

Experimental Research 2

4

5

7

My Experimentation in Response to Nicholas Mole’s They Look at You ◦ I have discovered that through personal viewpoints, artists can create vastly different interpretations of similar subject matter.

Copy of a section of Mole’s exhibition – 26/02/20 Both made with fine liner and texters

Self portrait in Mole’s style – 03/03/20

Acrylic painting with aspects of Mole’s art style – 11/03/20