Studio Arts Unit 1

Artistic Inspiration and techniques

Artist Studies

Outcome 1 Developing Art Ideas

An artists best source of inspiration is your own experiences.

Take original photographs, these are the best source of ideas, because in taking the photo, you are composing an image, selecting and making decisions about what is interesting to you.

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VCE is the time to create ORIGINAL imagery…you need to move beyond copying existing imagery (unless it is from your own photographs).

Movement as inspiration

Movement in artMany artists have used the concept of “Movement” in their art.

Using a variety of techniques, they evoke the effects of movement.

The Futurists were inspired by speed and movement.

Giacomo Balla, (Futurist), Speed of a Motorcycle, 1913, Oil on Canvas

The Futurists

Boccioni, Charge of the Lancers, 1915

Futurism was more than an artistic movement, it was a philosophy that glorified progress and industry, as well as the arts and thus represented one of the most iconic creative periods of Modern Italy.Marinetti’s Futurist Manifesto was released in 1909 (and the movement lasted until the end of WWII). it was mostly an ode to the modernity of the world, to progress, to youth and technology, and objects that changed people’s lives forever like the car, the aeroplane and all the industrial cities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqxiS8j6QQ&feature=player_embedded

What techniques do the futurists use to express a sense of movement?

Umberto Boccioni, "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space," 1913. Sculpture.

Cast in bronze (originally made of plaster).

Claude Flight Printmaking Group

Claude Flight (1881-1955) was a British artist influenced by Cubism, Futurism and Vortism. He was a painter, printmaker, interior designer and illustrator, but it is as a pioneer and promoter of the linocut technique that he has become particularly renowned. His innovative and influential prints utilised dynamic rhythms and bold, stylised forms to illustrate speed and movement.

Claude Flight, Speed, linocut, 1922

The Grosvenor School

Claude Flight taught at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art where his pupils included Cyril Power, Eileen Mayo, Lilli Tschudi, Sybil Andrew and Eveline Syme. They became known collectively as 'The Grosvenor School' and example of their works are held in major international print collections, primarily in the National Gallery of Australia, and in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Cyril Power, The Eight, linoprint, c1930

David HockneyDavid Hockney is a British artist with a long career in a wide range of art forms including painting, photography and stage design. Hockney’s paintings of the 1960’s capture a “moment in time”, with movement frozen.

This is quite a different approach to the Futurists and Claude Flight. A Bigger Splash, 1967, Acrylic paint on canvas

Between 1964 and 1971 Hockney made numerous paintings of swimming pools. In each of the paintings he attempted a different solution to the representation of the constantly changing surface of water.

In the 1980’s he used the technique of photo composite to explore a similar theme of water.

How do the two different techniques convey movement?

Hockney used personal experiences and familiar surroundings as his INSPIRATION.

Folio activities• Investigate artists such as the Futurists, the Claude

Flight printmaking group and David Hockney who used MOVEMENT in their artwork.

• Make 3-4 pages of research. This MUST include images of artworks, such as those presented here. It can also include other imagery related to movement from the internet.

• Use your research and imagery to explore the idea of movement (sports, dance etc.) in your own art explorations (make 3-4 pages of different art explorations).

• Digital media (iPad) can be used to capture and manipulate imagery. All research and artworks should be supported by reflective annotation.