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Rights, respect and responsibilities at Year 7
Suggested teaching ideas and supporting resources: visual art
Compiled for HIAS by Dylan Theodore
Art with a public message: how do they do that?
• Have you seen TV programmes, photographs, pictures or films that make you think about an important issue?
• Do you know of any images, adverts or films that try to persuade you that there is something wrong in the world that needs putting right?
• What did the artist do to make you stop and think like that? How did he or she make sure their work gave out a strong message that you could not ignore?
Art with a message: how do they do that?
• Take a look at the following images and ask yourself: are they just for fun, or is the artist trying to say something important too?
• What media, materials and techniques is the artist using?
Art with a message: how do they do that?
• So, the artists are using jokes, humour and ridiculous situations.
• They also seem to be using contrast. • They take something ordinary and then put
something unexpected alongside. There is a twist or surprise that makes you look twice, or think again.
• What is the twist or surprise in each image ?
• They are also using line drawing (cartoon), photography, people as models and digital manipulation.
Art with a message: how do they do that?
• Some images use a surprising contrast to catch people’s attention and make them think about what they are seeing, and what the message is.
• However, the aim is not always to make you laugh. Some images use a more disturbing or unpleasant twist.
Art with a message: how do they do that?
• Sometimes artists use devices such as masks, puppets, overheard conversations, captions and speech bubbles.
• Often these tell us what is really going on in an ordinary situation, and what effect it is having on someone. We are not just given the straight message – the device helps us think about the importance of the message.
• What difference do the masks make to the next image?
Art with a message: how do they do that?
• Some artists just say it straight:
“This is terrible, it should not happen. Why does it have to happen?”
Art with a message: how do they do that?
• Other artists want to say that people can make things better:
“People can have their rights upheld – having a peaceful life and enough food for the family is possible for everyone!”
Sometimes, things don’t go, after all,
from bad to worse.
Some years, muscadet
faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail
Sometimes a man aims high and all goes well.
From Sometimes, by Sheenagh Pugh