UAL Awarding Body- Level 3 Diploma

Unit 9- Practitioner Research

Unit 9 Assessment Criteria

1. Understand progression opportunities within Art and Design

1.1 Critically describe progression opportunities within art and design education or related employment

1.2 Use knowledge and understanding of progression opportunities to support progress within art and design education or related employment

Student Name

Shang

Artists/Practitioners Name

Man Ray

Information on the artist’s work and working environment

1. What themes and concepts does the artist’s work explore?

2. How do they undertake research?

3. What materials and processes do they use?

4. Where do they produce their work?

5. How do they fund their practice?

6. Where do they exhibit?

7. What is your opinion of their work?

1.Thea artist’s surrealism works reveal the shapes, forms and unconscious mind that we are not familiar with beneath familiar appearance in daily life.

2.In the early days he frequently visited local art museums and studied the works of the Old Masters. Later when he got more connections with other artists he also studied their works from galleries and exhibitions till he got his unique art style.

3. He identified himself as a painter and used a range of medias and materials to create his paintings, as a photographer he used black and white films and invented a technique to created works which could be refer as ‘rayographs’.

4. At first he rearranged his bedroom into his studio, then after he became a proper artist he moved to different places and had his own studio to produce his works.

5. He found his practice in sketching, painting and doing a series of experiments in photography.

6. He had his first solo show of painting and drawings at an art colony in New York in 1915, then in 1925 when his personal style became significant he was represented in the first Surrealist exhibition at the Galerie Pierre in Paris.

7. His photography works are avant-garde and irreplaceable; they are influenced by Dada and surrealism but in a way, more than that. You can hardly find anyone who did similar works because his personal style is so unique.

Information on the artist’s educational experiences and career advice

1. What did they study and where?

2. How many years did they study for?

3. What art based qualifications do they have?

4. What do they think makes a good portfolio?

5. What advice did they give you about how to make a successful career?

1.In the beginning he studied at Brooklyn’s Boys’ High School of drafting and other basic art techniques, after graduation he attended fine art courses at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, then at the Ferrer School he began to develop his artistic skills.

2. He studied from 1904 to1912, which is 8 years in art education.

3.He was offered a scholarship to study architecture at Brooklyn’s Boys’ High School then work as a commercial artist until he entered the Ferrer School to make his artistic development and involved himself with Dada in the following years.

4.We did not know how he made his portfolio. But through his experience in art education and how his focus changed, the idea might be presenting a range of artworks in different styles which showing your best ability therefore they could see how your ideas and inspirations changed by time.

5.He did not find what is best for him in the first place, but during years studying fine art it gave him solid technical skills. His personal style really started to develop after he befriending and worked with Marcel Duchamp which is a pioneer of Dada. Soon he realised New York is not a good place for the continues of Dada so he moved to Paris in a place surrounded by all other artists, soon he found a special technique to processing film in a dark room accident and this later became his significant personal style. Therefore we can infer that to make a successful career a good education is necessary, then it is important to met people that have the avant-garde spirit that you can encourage each other to keep exploring you ideas. And the social environment is also important; it is good to live surrounding by other artists consider it will help you be aware of their ideas. If your living environment is not that satisfying and could not help you to develop further it is always not too late to move.