FINE ART Welcome to your A LEVEL in - What does FINE ART mean? - The WREN School

Welcome to your A LEVEL in
       FINE ART

  What does FINE ART mean?

ALEVEL
   UNIT 1 = Personal study (plus skills workshops) 60%
THIS YEAR
   UNIT 2 = EXAM 40%
NEXT YEAR

You will cover the same assessment objectives as GCSE, but in more depth, at a pacier
rate and with a higher expectation of productivity, understanding and quality.

AO1 RESEARCH ARTISTS AND CONTEXTS
AO2 DEVELOP EXPERIMENT OF IDEAS
AO3 COLLECTING BY DRAWING AND TAKING PHOTOS
AO4 CREATING FINAL PIECES WITH MEANING & INTENT

Unit 1 Coursework
   This starts from now. You will do 2 broad themes that will
    introduce you to different artists, materials and techniques.
       A Sense of Place
       The Human Condition
   The course will start off teacher-led to help you understand
    the expectations and assessment objectives in more depth.
   It will become increasingly more independent. Feb-March
    time you will start to think about your PERSONAL
    INVESTIGATION which is the main area of assessment. You
    will set your own theme for this.
   The Personal Investigation is 60% of your final A Level grade.
   The other 40% is an exam project you will do in Year 13.

Transition work

Experimenting with
PASTICHE
(copying another artist’s style)

Pastiche
 PAS·TICHE
 N. 1. AN ARTISTIC, DRAMATIC, LITERARY OR
 MUSICAL PIECE OPENLY IMITATING THE
 PREVIOUS WORKS OF OTHER ARTISTS, OFTEN
 WITH SATIRICAL INTENT.

Banksy

   Banksy alters images that are
    well known and
    recognisable
   By making these changes he
    is also critiquing (making a
    comment about) modern
    life
   He uses irony and satire in his
    work to add an element of
    humour

Original
           Vincent Van Gogh

           Sunflowers 1888

           What do you think the original painting is about?
           What has Banksy done to alter (change) it?
           What is Banksy’s new picture about – what do
           you think he is saying in his version?

Original
Leonardo Da Vinci’s

Mona Lisa c.1503

Banksy’s Version

Original
           Claude-Oscar Monet

           Water Lily Pond 1899

Banksy’s Version

Tom Hunter
   Tom Hunter is a photographer who is known for his pastiche. This means that he uses art and recreates
    famous paintings and brings them up to date. Below are some examples of his work.

   The original painting is by Johannes Vermeer called Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. Tom
    Hunter recreated this painting and also modernised it. This photograph won the Kobal Photographic
    Portrait Award in 1998

                                  Persons Unknown, 1997:
                                  “This series of photographs
                                  was taken in my street in
                                  Hackney. Myself and the
                                  residents who made up this
                                  community were fighting
                                  eviction as squatters. The title
                                  of the series comes from the
                                  wording used in our eviction
                                  orders. The postures and
                                  gestures reference Vermeer's
                                  paintings and set out to give
                                  status and dignity to our
                                  community.”

Richard Price
   The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci is a very famous painting that
    has been recreated/imitated by a lot of different artists or people.

Mona Lisa - Leonardo
Da Vinci, c. 1503
oil on paper

Mona Lisa Pastiche

Frida Kahlo

Girl with the pearl earring

Hendrick Kerstens

Paul Cezanne

Original Cezanne

Student Life Cezanne Style

Country Life Cezanne style

Ready made Cezanne
style

Rich Cezanne style

Transcription – Old Masters
to New
   For next session (8th July):
  Research a ‘famous’ work of Art visually and
   analytically
  Be prepared to share who the work is by and
   how/when it was made. Also - what you have
   found out about the work and how you could
   ‘modernise’ it.
  Prepare a powerpoint slide of your image and
   share it with myself and Mr Ceh via email:
    tceh@wren.excalibur.org.uk
    vcoleman@wren.excalibur.org.uk

8 th   July session

      Share which ‘Old Master’ you have decided to
       use.
      What can you tell us about the piece of work?
      How are you going to update it?

Task

 For September:
    Create your own modern version of a famous
     work of Art.
    You can use any media and technique
    It can be any size
    Have fun!