AS : EXAM : Unit 2 : The Theme…

TRANSFORMATION

An introduction…Transformation of the body…Decay

A cadaver tomb, Latin for "reminder of death") is a type of tomb featuring an effigy in the macabre form of a decomposing corpse. These were made in the Middle Ages.

An introduction…Transformation of the body…Ageing

Stanley Spencer is one of many artists who have documented their ownageing with periodic self-portraits. (1914, 1939, 1959)

An introduction…Transformation of the environment… Human occupation

Exploring the Residual LandscapeNature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. We are drawn by desire - a chance at good living, yet we are consciously or unconsciously aware that the world is suffering for our success. Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet sets us into an uneasy contradiction. For me, these images function as reflecting pools of our times.Edward Burtynsky

An introduction…Transformation of the natural environment

Boyle Family is a group of collaborative artists based in London. Mark Boyle and Joan Hills met in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 1957. Joan had studied art and architecture and was bringing up her first son Cameron whilst running her own business. Mark was in the army, writing poetry. After a period of working separately on visual art pieces, they incrementally moved into a natural collaboration - agreeing that art should not exclude anything as a potential subject.

An introduction…Transformation of the city through art intervention

Christo (born Bulgaria, 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (b. Morocco, 1935 – 2009) were a married couple who created environmental works of art. Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same date. They first met in Paris in October 1958. They flew in separate planes: in case one crashed, the other could continue their work.

An introduction…Transformation of materials and the environment

Anish Kapoor was one of a generation of British-based sculptors who became established in the international arena during the 1980s and is prominent among his contemporaries for the quality of hermetic lyricism that permeates his work. He has acknowledged a bearing on his art of both Western and Eastern culture. The powerful spiritual and mythological resonances of his sculptures arise in part from frequent return visits to India. Natural materials such as sandstone, marble and slate are impregnated with raw powdered pigment of vivid hues, thus enhancing a feeling of inner radiance.

British sculptors. Gilbert Proesch (b. Italy, 1943) and George Passmore (b UK, 1942) met in 1967 as students at St Martin's School of Art in London. They are a couple and work together as artists. There most recent show was at White cube ‘Scapegoating pictures for London’. By 1969 they were reacting against approaches to sculpture then dominant at St Martin's, which they regarded as elitist and poor at communicating outside an art context. Their strategy was to make themselves into sculpture, so sacrificing their separate identities to art and turning the notion of creativity on its head.

An introduction…Transformation of the city via digital media

Lakovos "Jake" (born 1966) and Konstantinos "Dinos" (born 1962) are English visual artists, often known as the Chapman Brothers, who work together. Their subject matter tries to be deliberately shocking. In the mid-1990s, their sculptures were included in the YBA showcase exhibition Sensation.

An introduction…Transformation objects and art

AS : Unit 2

CLASS AND HOMEWORK TASKS

TASK 1 : Transform found objects to produce an… ASSEMBLAGE (mixed media 3D artwork)

Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium. It is part of the visual arts, and it typically uses found objects, but is not limited to these materials.

Materials to consider:

• Ask for free object at charity shops• Raid your recycling bin• Look in local skips• Scrap paper, newspaper and packaging

OUTCOME:

Produce a freestanding 3D sculpture made from at least 10 different items. This must also be painted

Task 1: CC: EdwardKeinholz

Edward Kienholz

1927–1994.

American sculptor.

Having produced his first paintings and watercolours while still in high school, in 1954 Kienholz made his first wooden relief paintings. These consisted of odd pieces of wood nailed to a panel and then painted with a broom. They were often painted in a murky brown to exaggerate their ugliness, through which Kienholz sought to investigate concepts of beauty. In 1962 Kienholz exhibited his first ‘tableau', or environmental assemblage. Named after a brothel in Los Angeles, it recreates its subject through a series of furnished rooms filled with figures and other objects. The figures that populate it are deformed mannequins.

TASK 2: CC: Transform an artwork

Produce an new artwork that is based on a famous artwork.

MATERIALS:

• Paint • Colour images of

artwork• Stencil

OUTCOME:

Produce and 2D or 3D art work that will be recognisable and exciting. Above: Public artwork by Banksy

TASK 2: CC: Transform an artwork

1. Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X is a 1953 painting by the artist Francis Bacon. The work shows a distorted version of the Portrait of Innocent X painted by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in 1650.

2. The Chapman brothers etchings are based on those by Goya, (1746-1819),

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Above:

Beer Street and Gin Lane are two prints (1751) by English artist William Hogarth.

Above:

Neal Fox, Le Gun. A modern take on Hogarth’s ‘Gin Lane’ print of 1751

TASK 2: CC: Transform an artwork

TASK 3 : Transform a self- portraitThe skull has been used as a symbol in art for centuries. In the arts, vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art especially associated with still-life painting in Flanders and the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries. Recently Damien Hurst ‘s For the love of God was a skull produced with diamonds for 14 million pounds.

Produce a self-portrait that combines the surface of your skin with what is underneath. This should be in the style of the artist Gerhard Lang.

MATERIALS:

• Indian ink• Pencil, graphite, charcoal • Print outs of skulls • Tracing paper

TASK 3: CC: Gehard Lang

Gerhard Lang’s art work is poeticised science. His research involves investigating cultural processes, e.g. that of perception. How we explain our existence and the world is subjected here to a close examination that is both earnest and playful. In this context, the essential question for Lang is how landscape and man are related. Lang’s specific strategy of analysis employs a wide variety of acoustic and pictorial processes that he incorporates into his work in a per formative and playful manner.

TASK 4 : Chemical transformation: Ink and bleach

In the unusual and exciting technique known as bleach out the image is “drawn” onto a background of black ink using ordinary household bleach. This produces an effect closely resembling a sepia print, and bleach-out drawings are full of mood and atmosphere. The bleach-out technique is suitable for almost any subject, but an image with strong tonal and textural contrasts gives the most effective results.

Produce a self-portrait or a drawing of an object from a still life using the above technique

MATERIALS:

• Pre prepared paper • Bleach • Brushes

Boo Saville, born 1980 , UK, is a contemporary artist. She currently lives and works in London. Her sister is Jenny Saville.

TASK 4: CC: Boo saville

Homework: Task 1Ageing portrait

Produce a self-portrait or a portrait of a family member from two different time periods . This should show how aging has transformed appearance.

Outcome:

• A detailed A3 drawing from photograph• You must include your source images

Homework: Task 2Transformation of the city via digital media: ‘Photo-piece’

Create a photo-piece in the style of Gilbert and George. You can do this either using collage or Photoshop. No drawing is allowed.

OUTCOME:

• Produce a full colour A3 Photo-piece

• This should be an exciting representation of London life

• You must use symmetry in your compositionIn 1971 Gilbert & George made their first ‘photo-pieces', which

remained their dominant form of expression. They gradually shifted the emphasis of their subject-matter away from their own experiences of life. Instead they concentrated on the inner-city reality that confronted them on the street and on the structures and feelings that inform life such as religion, class, royalty, sex, hope, nationality, death, identity, politics and fear.