Unit objectives
• Consider 3 main themes as a means of examining contemporary fine art practice
• Analyse and evaluate the content of a major exhibition • Begin to make links between the ideas of contemporary
artists and your own personal work• Give a presentation to the group, receive feedback and
articulate a response to this feedback
Outcomes for today’s session
• Define some of the themes/methods explored by contemporary painters
• Conduct independent research on a chosen theme and artist
• Present this information to the group
• Give and receive feedback on presentations
Why has Painting Survived?
Painting and Politics
Jules de Balincourt ‘Ambitious New Plans’
Painting and Racial Identity
Mark Bradford
Painting and Gender
Cecily Brown
Willem de Kooning
The Tradition of Painting
Tomma Abts
Frank Auerbach
Glenn Brown
Controversial?
Marcus Harvey
Subdued
Ian McKeever
Painting and other disciplines
Luc Tuymans
Peter Doig
Painting and Architecture
Chris Ofili & David Adjaye The Upper Room- Tate Britain
The Venice Biennale
Painting and society
Anri Sala
The task• The Task• In this presentation there were several themes and sub-themes covered;• Diversity within Painting• 1. Politics (Jules de Balincourt)• 2. Race (Mark Bradford)• 3. Gender (Cecily Brown)• 4. The Tradition of Painting (Tomma Abts & Glenn Brown)• 5. Painting that is shocking (Marcus Harvey)• 6. Or subdued and contemplative (Ian McKeever)• Painting and collaboration with other disciplines• 7. Painting and photography/film (Luc Tuymans and Peter Doig)• 8. Painting and Architecture (Chris Ofili and David Adjaye)• Painting and society• 9. As a tool for social improvement (Anri Sala)
• In your group decide upon 1 out of these 9 sub-themes and conduct some research on a contemporary artist that has explored this theme. (Don’t use any of the artists from the presentation)
• Use internet (google) or the library.• Then make some notes on their ideas & how these were expressed through their work.
(Save images onto a disk-ideally in PowerPoint which we can then project-if not in powerpoint then save the images onto a disk)
• You will then present your information to the group with the support of this visual imagery
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