Identity - Part 4 - installation
Students investigate still life through art history and compare this to contemporary practices of the ready-made object.
Duration
2 weeks
Overview
Students investigate still life through art history and compare this to contemporary practices of the ready-made object. Students interpret their understanding of one genre and composition through their own art making.
Outcomes
Stage 4
A student:
- 4.1 uses a range of strategies to explore different artmaking conventions and procedures to make artworks
- 4.2 explores the function of and relationships between the artist - artwork - world - audience
- 4.3 makes artworks that involve some understanding of the frames
- 4.4 recognises and uses aspects of the world as a source of ideas, concepts and subject matter in the visual arts
Stage 5
A student:
- 5.1 develops range and autonomy in selecting and applying visual arts conventions and procedures to make artworks
- 5.2 makes artworks informed by their understanding of the function of and relationships between the artist - artwork - world - audience
- 5.3 makes artworks informed by an understanding of how the frames affect meaning
- 5.4 investigates the world as a source of ideas, concepts and subject matter in the visual arts
copyright NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2003.
Content
Students study Dutch still life compositions. They will compare the Dutch composition to kitch and conflicting ideas when constructing their own composition.
Cross-curriculum content and key competencies
- Information and Communication Technology
- Civics and citizenship
- Literacy
Assessment
All activities require students to demonstrate their learning and are all assessment for learning activities.
Teaching and learning activities
Students will:
- watch the video Introduction to 'Dutch Art' (00:03:25) and answer the following question in your art process diary
- Why is still life important for this period in history?
- watch the youtube analysis of Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons (00:04:19)
- complete the following activity comparing the two videos above
- What does the Balloon Dog represent and why?
- How does this artwork compare to the practice of historic Dutch painters?
- What did they choose to represent and why?
- summarise the information and complete the activities in the Still life or Observation drawing presentation
- design and construct a still life drawing with ready-made objects
- read the information about the Rembrandt tart competition on the Art Gallery of NSW website
- make an infographic outlining the process for creating a still life composition using ready-made objects, for someone who has never done it before. Canva is a website which contains pre-made infographic templates that can be completed on any device, however, any design program can be used
- copy your infographic into your process diary blog, share and discuss.
Communicate
Written responses are documented and shared within collaborative discussion facilitated by the teacher.
Multimedia blog
Students are to:
- document the process of their artmaking within a journal. This can be their visual arts process diary, or an online blog through sites such as Google classroom
- photograph or sketch the process used
- write a response about the process.
Differentiation
Extension
Students could:
- create a still life installation that uses ready-made objects to portray a concept studied above.
Life skills
Life skills outcomes
A student:
- LS 8 explores ways to develop ideas in artworks
copyright NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2003.
Students could:
- photograph an item from home
- create a still life inspired art work based on that item
- discuss why they selected that item.
Evaluate
Feedback is formative for the duration of the project.
This sequence and accompanying worksheets are available as word documents below.
Reference list and resources
- Analysis of Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons, date accessed 27/03/2018.
- Rembrandt tart competition, date accessed 27/03/2018.
- Still life PowerPoint, date accessed 27/03/2018.
- Visual Arts 7-10 Syllabus copyright NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2003.
- Youtube introduction to 'Dutch Art', date accessed 27/03/2018.