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I see only movements of wings and soundless shifting in the sky.’
USING THE WORK OF AN ARTIST
All art tells a story and can take us into many cultures, geographical locations and be set in a present day or historical context.
Art presents us with a rich and varied resource for examining ourselves and the world in which we live.
Studying the work of an artist from the community or the country in which the school is situated, can provide both a subject for general, and specific investigation.
In addition to the art, the artist also becomes a focus for examination. He or she becomes a less remote figure and can be used as a role model.
By using the work of an artist we may:
• Locally resource images from catalogues, galleries, museums, newspaper, etc.
• Investigate areas that can encompass the historical and geographic context in which the artist worked or, is presently working.
• Allow an opportunity to look at the development of ideas and influences.
• Explore use of mediums.
• Examine working processes from initial ideas, observations and recording in sketch books through to finished works.
• Explore how images tell a story / create an atmosphere/ invoke associations/ analogies which can be explored visually and verbally and through sound and language development.
• Understand value of recording, through the making of visual and written notes.
• Allow an opportunity for individual and collective appraisal and develop an ability to use constructive criticism.
• Present ideas, make real emotions and opinions, and communicate in a non threatening and constructive way
Photo: Josef Herman in Wales (Gomer Press)
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