Stage 3 Term 2 Visual Arts Program Unreal Art Narratives Stage 3 Term 2 Visual Arts Program

                                             Mondrian, Piet Gray Tree 1911 Oil on canvas

                                              Mondrian, Piet Avond (Evening); Red Tree 1908 Oil on canvas

Elisabeth Cummings Night Into Day •

Elisabeth (Liz) Cummings (born 1934) Fallen Tree

Task 1 Art Appreciation Yvonne Audette, Dream of an ancient tablet In pairs: Discuss the types of materials and implements the artist may have used to create the work. Discuss possible meanings for the title of the work. Identify the main symbols that Audette has used in her work. Consider the work as a system of signs or symbols that communicate meaning. Select some of the symbols and brainstorm possible meanings for each symbol. Create a verbal narrative based on an interpretation of the symbols. You will present this story to the class.

Task 2 Making paintings using symbols Think of a dream you have had. What was the colour and detail like? How are dreams different to reality? In your VAD: Recall a dream and draw some images from it.

Your ‘Unreal Art Narrative’ Create frottages by rubbing oil pastel on paper over textured surfaces in the playground to tell an ‘Unreal’ dream. Use a skewer to scratch through the pastel, etching personal symbols onto the surfaces. Layer washes of diluted acrylic paint over the surfaces. Collage and glue strips of text based upon your dream over the work.

Sample Frottages

Sample Frottages

Art Appreciation Describe Michael Johnson’s After Sirius to a friend who cannot see the work. Concentrate on colour, line and texture. Would you consider this to be an abstract work? Why? What do you think the artist is saying in this work? Why did the artist choose these colours? Discuss the scale of the work and the relevance of the title. Discuss possible implements used by the artist to apply paint. Brainstorm a list of possible new titles for the work.

Michael Johnson (Australia, b.1938) After Sirius 1987-1988

Technique : Oil on canvas Title : Water Lilies Technique : Oil on canvas Year :1907 Artist:Claude Monet

Flower Dreaming synthetic polymer paint on canvas Emily Kngwarreye: Aboriginal Artist

“Earth Creation" by late central Australian artist Emily Kngwarreye YOUR TASK: What is the story in this artwork? Record in your draft book.