art making & exhibiting unit 3/4

Art Elements

• Colour

• Line

• Shape

• Tone

• Form

• Texture

• Sound

• Time

• Light

Art Principles

• Emphasis

• Movement

• Rhythm

• Unity

• Variety

• Space

• Repetition

• Balance

• Contrast

• Proportion

• Scale

Visual Language

Combining art elements and principles with materials, techniques and processes to communicate meaning and personal, cultural and contemporary ideas to an audience

Aesthetic qualities

How art elements and principles, materials and techniques work together to influence the mood or emotion of an artwork

Artform

can include but not limited to

• painting

• drawing

• printmaking

• sculpture

• film

• video

• textiles

Context

The frame of reference that allows the meaning of the artwork to be interpreted, can be the location and time of the artwork

Critique

A critique is a discursive collaborative environment that is organised to engage, explore, express, present and evaluate artworks and to understand, reflect on and improve awareness of the characteristics of art making. 

Influences and inspiration

Influences occur and are used throughout art making and include artists and artworks. Inspiration can be viewed more broadly and includes objects, memories and contexts that are personal to the artist.

Techniques

Manipulating materials through the use of tools and equipment

Process

Used in the making of artworks in specific art forms include the activities, procedures and investigation engaged by artists

Materials

Various properties and characteristics of an art form

Clarice Beckett (artwork)

Evening landscape
circa 1925
Oil on board

Charles Avery (artwork)

Untitled (The gates of Onomatopoeia)
2019
Pencil, ink & acrylic on paper

Yoshida Hiroshi (artwork)

Sacred bridge
1937
Woodblock print; ink & colour on paper

Farrokh Mahdavi (Triennial exhibition)

Untitled
2023

Agnieszka Pilat (Triennial exhibition)

Heterobota
2023

Yoko Ono (Triennial exhibition)

My Mommy is Beautiful
2023

Stable humidity level for artworks

50%

Ideal lux levels for artworks

200-250 lux

Themes of NGV Triennial

Magic: belief systems, allegory and symbolism
Matter: nature, materials and making
Memory: histories of people, places and objects

Curator’s role

Curators research, plan and prepare exhibitions to highlight works within a collection.

Curatorial considerations

sequencing artworks, wall colours, museum-standard hanging heights

Curatorial intention

Deciding what themes and ideas are meant to be displayed in an exhibition.

Intertextuality

the connectedness between all communication and meaning produced in negotiation with previously held meanings.

Visual culture

The combined product of all visual forms of media in everyday life, including their impact and recognition within society.

Subject matter

Refers to what a work of art is about.

Vanitas

A still life artwork that symbolises life and the inevitability of death, and contrasts them with the fleeting meaning of wealth and pleasure.

Preventative conservation

any action that reduces the damaging effects of environments on pieces including monitoring and controlling light, temperature, humidity and pests.

Restorative conservation

the process of stabilising, repairing and preserving pieces in order to improve or recover its aesthetic qualities to its original form as a result of damages.

Environmental conditions

Environmental conditions that can affect artworks are light, temperature, humidity and pests, which can damage and degrade pieces over time.

Lighting impacts

Lighting impacts artworks by overexposure and extreme intensity, which can result in artworks having irreversible damages of fading, weakening, discolouration, yellowing and embrittlement.

Humidity/temperature impacts

Temperature could affect an artwork by causing chemical reactions of the paint in the artwork, which results in discolouring and degrading.

common pests

rodent and insects such as beetle larvae, termites and silverfish, mice, rats, and carpet beetles.

Preventative measures for pests

keeping the environment surrounding the artwork clean by regularly dusting, keeping food away from the artwork, framing the artwork, having pest control, and ensuring that the space is uninviting to these pests.

types of risks and hazards involved when handling an artwork

chemical, physical, electrical, radiation and biological

risks for transporting artworks

The risks for transporting artwork are damaging the artwork and possibly losing the artwork.