1. TRIAL POSTMORTEM IV – ESSAY QUESTION 8. ESSAY Q. 8: Analyse the structural characteristics of artworks that explore themes of identity and / or power. Gustav Klimt, Adele Bloch- Bauer I, 1907, 140cm x 140cm. Lots of gold leaf…lots…

2. Imants Tillers (Aust. B. 1950) Mt Analogue, 1985, oil paint, oil stick and acrylic paint on 165 canvas boards, overall 279 x 571cm. Imants Tillers, Counting one, two, three, 1988. This work uses three artists – Colin McCahon’s numerals; Von Guerard’s landscape views, and De Chirico’s signature at the bottom.

3. JMW Turner, Snowstorm: Hannibal and his army crossing the alps, 1812. JMW Turner, Death on a pale horse, c.1825-30

4. Ricky Swallow, b.1974, Australia iMan Prototypes, 2001 Injected-moulded resin with colour tint, four pieces, each 16 × 11.5 × 18.5 cm Jeff Koons clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1zyCzQ_BQ&list=PL2 D885F5ED630353D&index=48&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl1zyCzQ_BQ&list=PL2 D885F5ED630353D&index=48&feature=plpp_video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_uzWfl2WW0&list=P L2D885F5ED630353D&index=49&feature=plpp_video Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (magenta), 2008, installation at Versailles Palace.

5. In the past 2 decades, Barbara Kruger’s work has become more ‘immersive’ with installations that surround the viewer with text. So scale has become more important; or important in a more extreme way. She has said she likes to ‘introduce doubt.’ Check this out…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wTb7pOSPG4 I shop therefore I am, 1990 – screen print and on merchandise galore Your gaze hits the side of my face, photograph, 1981

6. Jill Orr (Australian, b. mid 20 th cent.), Bleeding Trees Nos. 2 & 7, performance, 1979.

7. Plate 3: Frank Gehry, (b. 1929, Canadian) Guggenheim Art Museum, on the banks of the Nervion River, Bilbao Spain, 1997,. Steel frame, titanium sheathing, 50 m height Plate 4: Stelarc (b. 1946, Australian) Involuntary body, third hand and Scanning Robot, 1998, performance, Museumsquartier, Vienna Austria.

8. Plate 5: Masami Teraoka, (b. 1936, Japanese) McDonald’s Hamburgers Invading Japan, 1982, colour screenprint on Arches 88 paper, edition number 41/91, 54.3 x 36.5cm Q: With reference to Plates 3, 4 & 5 explain the different ways that these contemporary artists reflect the contemporary world in their artworks. (8 marks, 15 mins.)

9. Imants Tillers (Australian, b. 1950) The nine shots, 1985 Michael Nelson Jakamarra, Five Dreamings, 1984