GCSE ART EXAM 2014

1. OPENINGS

• Openings feature as important elements in the work of many artists. Painters eg. Pieter de Hooch, Henri Matisse used openings to frame view of the outside world. The Sculptor Barbara Hepworth explored the contrast between solid form and open space.

Research appropriate sources and PRODUCE OWN RESPONSE.

openings – zips, buttons, mouths, cyes, opening presents, metaphorical doors opening (opportunity for something)

2. DISGUISE• Masks (African ritualistic, Balinese dance, Japanese Noh dramas) used to alter or disguise the

wearers identity. Makeup, costume and hairstyle can also change or disguise appearance. Photo manipulation is also used to alter appearance.

Investigate relevant sources and develop your own response to disguising:

EITHER 1. YOUR appearance or identity

OR 2. SOMEONE elses’s appearance or identity

3. MIRROR IMAGEs• Mirrors are used by artists to record their SELF PORTRAITs eg. Bernini’s David, Caravaggio’s

Medusa. Images of mirrors and reflections they show feature in ‘The MoneyLender and his Wife by Quentin Metsys and Lee Friedlanders photographs ‘America by Car’. Actual mirrors have been used in the scultpures of Anish Kapoor and the installations of Yayoi Kusami.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN RESPONSE to ‘MIRROR IMAGES’

4. ON THE EDGE• French artist Jean Dubuffet inspired by artists who were seen to be ‘on the edge’ of the

mainstream art world. Art Brut or Outsider Art, work by artists such as Madge Gill, Chris Hipkiss and Albert Louden.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN RESPONSE TO ‘ON THE EDGE’’.

5. GARDENS• Gardens have inspired artists. Images of gardens appear in Ancient Egyptian and Roman Wall

paintings and in Persian and Indian miniatures. Monet created his own garden at Giverny. Artists such as Niki de Saint Phalle and ian Hamilton Finlay haved used gardens as the setting for art works.

• RESEARCH AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN RESPONSE

• Eg. Garden furniture, equipment, sheds, greenhouses, plants, insects and creatures in a garden setting. Different lighting on a garden affecting colour, pattern and texture etc.

6. TEXTURE• Artists such as Frank Auerbach, Chris Drury and Anselm Kiefer have created visual and tactile

textures in their work. John Blakemore and Olivia Parker have used camera controls and lighting to emphasise textural qualities in black and white photographs of natural forms.

EXPLORE SUITABLE SOURCES AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN RESPONSE TO ‘TEXTURE’.

Eg. Van Gogh , German Expressionists,

7. FRAGMENTSRESEARCH AND DEVELOP YOUR OWN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

a) Develop your own interpretation of the starting point Fragments

b) You could create work inspired by a ‘fragment’ of a story, film or piece of music

c) You might explore ‘fragmented’ views of your surroundings.

Eg. Shards, shattered objects, shattered dreams (part remembered dreams, misheard conversations etc.) Mirror, Crumbs, Broken Heart, Eye disorders

1. OPENINGS

Pieter de Hooch

Henri Matisse

Barbara Hepworth

2. DISGUISE

African Ritual Masks

Balinese Dance

Japanese ‘Noh’ Dramas

3. MIRROR IMAGES

Bernini’s ‘David’

Caravaggio’s ‘Medusa’

Quentin Metsys The Moneylender and his wife

Lee Friedlander

Anish Kapoor

Yayoi Kusami

4. ON THE EDGE

Madge Gill

Albert Louden

Chris Hipkiss

5. GARDENS

Roman Wall painting

Egyptian Wall painting

Monet (Garden at Giverny)

Niki de Saint Phalle

Ian Hamilton Finlay

6. TEXTURE

Frank Auerbach

Chris Drury

John BlakemoreAlison Watt

Olivia Parker

7. FRAGMENTS

Joe Black

Alison Watt

Otto Dix - Dynamism

Simon Birch

Balla

David Cerny