PROJECT PRESENTATION:

APPROPRIATION RECREATION

11/07/2017
 VOCABULARY:
APPROPRIATION- THE USE OF PRE-EXISTING OBJECTS OR IMAGES
WITH LITTLE OR NO TRANSFORMATION APPLIED TO THEM.
CONTEMPORARY ART- IT IS ART PRODUCED TODAY, PRODUCED IN
THE LATE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY. IT IS GLOBALLY INFLUENCED,
CULTURALLY DIVERSE, AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED.
INSTALLATION- IS USED TO DESCRIBE LARGE-SCALE OF MIXED-
MEDIA OFTEN DESIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC PLACE OR FOR A
TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME.
FEMINISM: IS A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THAT SHARE A
COMMON GOAL TO DEFINE, ESTABLISH, AND ACHIEVE POLITICAL,
ECONOMIC, PERSONAL, AND SOCIAL EQUALITY OF GENDERS.
SELF PORTRAIT- IS A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON PRODUCED AD CREATED
BY THAT PERSON.
QUESTIONS:
- HOW IS YOUR CULTURE REPRESENTED IN YOUR ART
MAKING?
- WHY ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IMPORTANT TO
YOU?
- WHY SHOULD WE KNOW OUR CULTURAL AND
PERSONAL HISTORY?
- HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR
ENVIRONMENT?
FRIDA KHALO

SHE WAS A MEXICAN PAINTER, WHO

MOSTLY PAINTED SELF-PORTRAITS INSPIRED
BY MEXICAN POPULAR CULTURE. SHE
EXPLORED ISSUES OF IDENITIY, GENDER,
CLASS AND RACE IN MEXICAN SOCIETY. HER
PAINTINGS OFTEN HAD STRONG
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS AND MIXED
REALISM WITH FANTASY.
AMINAH ROBINSON
SHE CREATES ART INSPIRED BY THE AFRICAN CONCEPT
OF SANKOFA, UNDERSTANDING THE PAST IN ORDER
TO GO FORWARD. HER WORK REFLECTS THE
DRAWING AND NEEDLEWORK TRADITIONS THAT SHE
LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS AND THE TRAINING SHE
RECEIVED IN ART SCHOOL.. AMINAH CREATED RAG
PAINTINGS, PAINTINGS ON CLOTH, AND DRAWINGS
OF HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HISTORY, HER TRAVELS, AND THE STORIES SHE WAS
TOLD BY HER ELDERS. HER GOAL WAS TO INSPIRE
OTHERS TO RESEARCH AND DOCUMENT THE HISTORY
OF THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION.
KARA WALKER
SHE IS KNOWN FOR CREATING BLACK-AND-
WHITE SILHOUETTE WORKS THAT INVOKE
THEMES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RACIAL
IDENTITY. SHE OFTEN SHOWS SCENES OF
SLAVERY, CONFLICT OR VIOLENCE, AND
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN ILLUSTRATION. IT
BRINGS CRITICAL ATTENTION TO THESE EARLIER
CULTURAL EVENTS. WORKING IN COLLAGE,
SHE CUTS OUT BLACK OR WHITE PAPER
DIRECTLY TO GALLERY WALLS, AND USES LIGHT
PROJECTORS TO CAST VIEWERS OWN
SHADOWS INTO HER SILHOUETTED
NARRATIVES, CREATING A DEEPLY ENGAGING
EXPERIENCE.
 PROJECT: APPROPRIATION RECREATION
IN THIS PROJECT, YOU WILL BE CREATING ONE WORK OF ART BASED ON A
STYLE/MEDIUM AND/OR THEME OF AN ARTIST PRESENTED TO YOU. I WILL BE
GOING OVER THREE ARTISTS IN CLASS, FRIDA KHALO, KARA WALKER, AND
AMINAH ROBINSON. YOU WILL THEN CHOOSE AN ARTIST TO DO YOUR
PROJECT ON AND DECIDE WHAT ELEMENTS OF THEIR PIECES YOU CHOOSE TO
USE. THINK ABOUT THERE THEMES AND HOW THEY CAN BE REFLECTED IN
YOUR OWN LIFE. IF YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT RELATE CHOOSE ONE OF THEIR
MEDIUMS OR STYLES AND CREATE A WORK THAT HAS MEANING TO YOU.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE RUBRIC WHEN CREATING YOUR WORK OF
ART AND KEEP IN MIND THE CHOICES YOU ARE MAKING TO CREATE YOUR
PIECE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A CRITIQUE IN THE END.
 EXAMPLE FOR PICASSO
THEME: SELF-PORTRAIT STYLE: CUBISM