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Visual Arts Art criticism and art history

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•Workingtime–11hours2

•Writeusingblackpen

•Extrawritingspaceisprovidedonpages11−12

•APlatesBookletisprovidedwiththispaper

•WriteyourCentreNumberandStudentNumberatthetopofthispage

Total marks – 50

Section I Pages2–12

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•AttemptQuestions1–3

•Allowabout45minutesforthissection

Section II Pages13–14

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•AttemptONEquestionfromQuestions4–9

•Allowabout45minutesforthissection

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Section I

25 marksAttempt Questions 1–3Allow about 45 minutes for this section

Allowabout8minutesforQuestion1Allowabout16minutesforQuestion2Allowabout21minutesforQuestion3

Answerthequestionsinthespacesprovided.Thesespacesprovideguidancefortheexpectedlengthofresponse.

Extra writing space is provided on pages 11 and 12. If you use this space, clearly indicatewhichquestionyouareanswering.

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n usetheplatesandanyothersourcematerialprovidedtoinformyourresponse

Question 1 (5marks)

RefertoPlate1onpage1ofthePlatesBooklettoanswerQuestion1.

HowhasNataliaGoncharovacommunicatedaspectsofthemodernistperiodinherpaintingLinen,1913?

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RefertoPlate2onpage2andPlate3onpage3ofthePlatesBooklettoanswerQuestion2.

ExplainhowtheartworksofJimDenevanandAnishKapoorexplorerelationshipsbetweentheaudienceandthesite.

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RefertoPlates4−7onpages4and5ofthePlatesBooklettoanswerQuestion3.

AnalysehowSwoon’schoicesdemonstrateaspectsofcontemporarypractice.

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2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

Visual ArtsArt criticism and art history

Section II

25 marksAttempt ONE question from Questions 4–9Allow about 45 minutes for this section

AnswerthequestionintheSectionIIWritingBooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.

Youranswerwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:

n presentawell-reasonedandinformedpointofview

n applyyourunderstandingofthedifferentaspectsofcontentasappropriate(Practice,ConceptualFrameworkandtheFrames)

n userelevantexamples

Practice


Technology has changed the boundaries of artmaking practice.

Withreferencetothisstatement,analysehowartistshaverespondedtonewtechnologies.

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Examine how interpretations and understanding of practice often determine perceptions ofwhatispreciousinart.

In your answer, refer to the practices of artists and/or curators and/or art critics and/or arthistorians.

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Conceptual Framework


Investigate ways artists have created significant artworks in response to significant worldevents.

Inyouranswer,refertospecificartistsandartworks.

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Art galleries have become multiplexes* and theme parks for the contemporary audience.

BillHenson,artist

With reference to the quotation, explain the ways in which artists and/or curators createexperiencestoengageaudiences.

(*Multiplexes– multiscreen cinemas)

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Frames


Howandwhydoartistsexpressideasinnon-representationalways?

Inyouranswer,refertospecificexamples.

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Howdoartistsusesatire,humourandplayfulideastocommentonsociety?

Inyouranswer,refertoarangeofartworks.

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Plates Booklet

Plate 1: Natalia Goncharova, 1881−1962, Russia Linen, 1913 oil on canvas 95.6 × 83.8 cm

Note: Linen can refer to the woven fabric made from the flax plant, as well as to household articles such as sheets, tablecloths, shirts and underwear.

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Linen 1913 © Nathalie Gontcharova/ADAGP. Licensed by Viscopy, 2015

Plate 2: Jim Denevan, b. 1961, USA Sand Drawings, 2010 aerial photograph of site-specific coastal sand drawing California, USA

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Plate 3: Anish Kapoor, b. 1954, India Cloud Gate, 2004 stainless steel sculpture, 10.06 × 20.12 × 12.80 m Millennium Park, Chicago, USA

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© Anish Kapoor, 2015

Plate 4: Swoon (graffiti artist), b. 1978, USA artist pasting her paper stencil New York, USA, c. 2006

Plate 5: Swoon, b. 1978, USA wall pasting street art, New York, USA, 2006

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Plate 6: Swoon, b. 1978, USA Submerged Motherlands, 2014 installation – paper-cut stencils, drawings, printmaking, cloth, found objects exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum, USAheight approx. 23 metres

Plate 7: Technicians assisting with the installation of Submerged Motherlands

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