YEAR 10 ART
APPROPRIATION
Name________________________________
What is appropriation?
Appropriation can be understood as "the use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new
work." In the visual arts, to appropriate means to properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample
aspects (or the entire form) of human-made visual culture.
Artists use this form of art making for various reasons, often they are communicating a social or
political issue or making an observation about society or culture. The artists' aim is to get the
viewer to interpret an existing object or artwork in a new context. This means to look at an
artwork in a new way and find new meanings within it.
TASK 1 – Vocabulary
Look up the below words on the below websites or in a dictionary.
http://thesaurus.com/,
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
In the space provided, write the definition
Word: Appropriation Word: Imitation
Definition: Definition:
Word: Version Word: Homage
Definition: Definition:
Word: Mimicry Word: Parody
Definition: Definition:
Art Elements and Principles
Art Elements are like the ingredients of an artwork, art principles are how you use the specific ingredients.
In the space below, write the art elements and art principles
ART ELEMENTS ART PRINCIPLES
Write the definition of the following art terms:
Art elements:
Art principles:
Historical context:
Cultural context:
Style:
Aesthetic Qualities:
Materials:
Techniques:
Processes:
TASK 2 - Banksy and Claude Monet
Banksy
Known for his contempt for the government in
labelling graffiti as vandalism, Banksy displays his
art on public surfaces such as walls, even going as
far as to build physical pieces. Banksy does not
sell photos of street graffiti.'Show Me the Monet'
is a reworking of Claude Monet's water lilies
series and was displayed at the Crude Oils
exhibition pop up shop in Notting Hill, 2005.
During this year Banksy, fully disguised, installed
his own works, including ‘Show me the Monet’ on
the walls of major museums in New York City and
London, including the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and Tate Britain.
Claude Monet
Was a founder of the style Impressionism. This
movement's philosophy is expressing one's
perceptions of nature,
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement
that originated with a group of Paris-based
artists. Their independent exhibitions brought
them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s,
in spite of harsh opposition from the
conventional art community in France. The name
of the style derives from the title of a Claude
Monet work, Impression, soleil levant
(Impression, Sunrise). Impressionist painting
characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet
visible brush strokes, open composition,
emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the
passage of time), ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception
and experience, and unusual visual angles.
Both artists have been at the forefront of change in relation to how society sees art. Using unconventional
methods that were not common with their time.
How are the artworks similar?
How are the artworks different?
Why do you think Banksy’s artwork shows trolleys and the cone in the lily pond?
TASK 3: Barack Obama “Hope” poster- Shepard Fairey.
The Barack Obama “Hope” poster is an image of Obama that was used during his presidential campaign
during 2008. The use of solid red, beige and blues addressing his “power and likeness”.
There have been lots of appropriations of this artwork over the years.
Do you know who the people in the other artworks outlined as DOPE and NOPE are?
Do you think it is disrespectful for artists to recreate the original poster with other
people’s faces/ words?
What kind of appropriation is this- cultural or political? Why?
Task 4: The Starry Night
The iconic, Starry Night, has been appropriated in thousands of ways. Take a look at the
appropriated artwork aside it.
ORIGINAL ARTWORK:
The Starry Night- Vincent Van Gogh
What art elements are the same in this artwork? (colour, line shape?)
What is the main change in the subject matter? Do you think this is “clever” or “copying”? Why?
TASK 5: JEFF WALL and HOKUSAI
A Sudden Gust of Wind recreates the depicted 19th-century Japanese scene in contemporary Canada,
utilizing actors and took over a year to produce 100 photographs in order "to achieve a seamless montage
that gives the illusion of capturing a real moment in time.
Jeff Wall, A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993,
Photograph transparency on lightbox
Katsushika Hokusai, Yejiri Station, Province of Suruga, 1832
Woodblock print
Written comparison
Compare the two artworks above. What are the similarities and differences between these artworks?
Consider: The processes and techniques of each artist, the art elements and principles, as well as the
ideas and meanings. (Keep in mind
TASK 5 – Appropriated Artwork Process.
Your task is to appropriate a famous artwork of your choice.
Below is a website of 100 famous artworks that you may like to explore:
https://www.brushwiz.com/most-famous-paintings/
You can appropriate it by:
Recreating it in a new medium (clay, collage, painting it in different colours, using pencil or chalk,
Photoshop….)
Adding more images to it
Using the subject matter but painting/ drawing it in your own way (eg my own version of people travelling
on a windy day)
Using the style but interpreting it in your own way
Step 1: Choose your artwork
Print and paste the artwork into your visual diary. Write the title, date and mediums of the artwork.
Step 2: Create a Mood Board.
Once you have selected your artwork, you will create a Mood Board, representing themes that you would
like to explore in the creation of your appropriated work. (Refer to Mood Board Document)
Step 3: Write a proposal about what you plan to do.
Answer the below in paragraph format.
The title of the artwork I have chosen to appropriate:
What subject matter I plan to change
Materials and techniques I plan to use
Two art elements I plan to focus on and a descriptive word for how I plan to use them
Two art principles I plan to focus on and a descriptive word for how I plan to use them
Step 4: Create your appropriation:
Plan 2x sketch ideas in your visual diary
Annotate each sketch
Create
Step 5: Evaluation
Answer the below question in paragraph format.
Did your artwork communicate what you intended?
Why or why not?
Include how you have used the art elements and principles, along materials and techniques and processes.
