There are many different meanings of the words Order and Disorder and how they can be interpreted in Art.

The Meaning of ‘Order’ and ‘Disorder’

Today we will: THINK about what the different meanings of the

word

LOOK at many starting points for this question

DISCOVER artists and designers who could inspire us

on this topic

SHARE ideas with each other

Everybody knows... the four AOs

For the exam you have to show evidence of: ALL 4 of the AOs (Assessment Objectives)

AO1: Looking at other artists = 10%AO2: Experimenting with media = 10%AO3: Recording your ideas = 10%AO4: Making a final piece = 10%

order of nature

movement

destruction

plan

random

confusion

higgledy-piggledy

neatchaos

Order/Disorder

stormy

unrulysequence

explode

plantranqu

il

turbulent

emotion

harmonyorganised

messy

control

symmetry

Words that link with Order and Disorder …

method

war

pattern

construction

There are 3 main starting points for this project.

PEOPLEOBJECTSIMAGINATION

Contextual references

The artists on the next few pages are suggestions to help you think about possible ideas. You may already have ideas of your own.

Keep an open mind at this point...

PEOPLE

Popular and influential street artist and graphic designer Fairey’s work has had a brute cultural impact on contemporary society. His work combines elements of graffiti and advertising and is often politically-charged.

Shepard FaireyLinked words: war, politics, chaos, emotion

Linked words: confusion, emotion, random

Lynn Skordal

Linked words: perfection, emotion, change

Manny Robertson

Rotella was an Italian artist and poet, best known for his works of decollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters

Mimmo RotellaLinked words: destruction, change

Ed FairburnLinked words: plan, emotion, organised

This is a contemporary installation and sculpture. The artist uses familiar objects in ways that become strange and unsettling.The wardrobe and the clothing inside were filled with concrete so they became sealed up and unable to be used.

The space between two buildings was filled with chairs, with a startling effect.

Doris Salcedo Linked words: construction, method, control, plan , messy, chaos

Diego MaxLinked words: pattern, explode, random, confusion

Patrick BremerBremer is an English born artist who currently lives in Berlin. His work predominantly focuses on the figure and portraiture in collage.

Minjae Lee

Takahiro Kimura

OBJECTS

‘My work explores how meaning, value, and associations are placed upon things in the material realm. I am interested in how seemingly worthless objects have the potential for whimsy and how the ‘inanimate’ mundane can reveal poetic and narrative possibilities’

Janice Wu Linked words: neat, organised, emotion, method

Joel Penkman

Nick GentryLinked words: neat, organised, method, confusion

Lisa Milroy Linked words: neat, organised, method, plan

IMAGINATION

Hannah HochLinked words: destruction, unruly, messy, explode

Gregory CrewdsonLinked words: distort, random

Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer who is best known for elaborately staged scenes of American homes and neighborhoods

Graphic artist who made repeating patterns into artwork and impossible structures.

M C Escher

Linked words: distort, change, pattern, organised, symmetry