By the end of Week 4 you will all have visited and Trading Zones (Lewis Bush) and Entre Nous (Clare Rae x Claude Cahun).
Week 6-7 : 10 – 17 Oct > Inspirations Lewis Bush vs Clare Rae
AO1 DEVELOP IDEAS: RESEARCH > ANALYSIS
Mini essay: Write 1000 words with illustrations and references
Essay question: In what way can the work of Lewis Bush and Clare Rae both be considered political?
In order for you to write a critical essay you must adopt this methodology:
- Visit both exhibition and make notes on initial thoughts, what do you like/ dislike, consider how their work are exploring Political Landscapes in different ways.
- Document installation with your phone and select specific images that interest you for further research and analysis.
- Use these images to illustrate your essay.
- Make sure you caption images, artist name, title, year, medium, size etc
- Look up influences for their own work, historical / political / artistic context
- Consider how their work is made within genres of documentary and tableaux approaches ie. observed vs staged.
- Find at least 3 different sources and read the the texts below for a broader context.
- Incorporate quotes and comments from artist themselves or others (art critics, art historians, curators, writers, journalists etc) using a variety of sources (at least 3) such as Youtube, online articles, reviews, texts, books
- Make sure you reference sources and embed links to the above sources in your blog post using Harvard System of Referencing
See this PDF for help with referencing: harvard sysytem of referencing
PHOTO-ASSIGNMENT 3: Make a response to either Lewis Bush or Clare Rae and evaluate.
EXTENSION: Make a response to both photographers and evaluate.
DEADLINE: Mon 5 Nov -this is a homework task that must be completed outside of lesson time. Upload essay with illustration on the blog
Helpful sources and guidelines
Here is a recent interview with Lewis Bush in online photography magazine ASX where talks about his creative process, method of working including general thoughts on the nature of photography
If you get blocked when you click on the hyperlink above, read article here as a pdf Lewis_Bush_article_ASX_v2
Links to his website and blog Dispothic – about visual culture with a particular emphasis on photography in all its many forms, from the mass vision of smartphones to the algorithmic vision of internet search engine.
Here are images of Lewis’ text from his exhibition Trading Zones in Jersey
Here is a recent photo-essay by Clare titled; A Photographic History in Jersey’s Rock Faces where she talks about her work produced in Jersey.
Link to her website and exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) in Melbourne, Australia and a link to her book Never Standing on Two Feet accompagnying her work
Consider how Claude Cahun’s work has influenced Clare Rae.
Consider how the following two statements may have had an impact on the work of Claude Cahun / Clare Rae
- In the public sphere, women must assume sufficient power to change the cultural imagery and the political landscape.
- Women, who had previously been barred from participating in elections, changed the political landscape by becoming voters.
Click on this blogpost: PHOTOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE AND THE BODY for more in depth investigation of Clare Rae’s work in relation to Claude Cahun and artists exploring issues of gender representation in photography and feminist theory around self-portraiture and male vs female gaze,
DOCUMENTARY vs TABLEAUX
Two texts by David Bate from his book Art Photography (2015), Tate Publishing on documentary practice and tableaux photography. Read these to get an historical and contemporary overview of both genres
David_Bate_The_Art_of_the_Document
ESSAY PLAN > STRUCTURE
Make an essay plan that lists what you are going to write about in each paragraph. Here is a link to an essay structure.
- Essay question:
- Opening quote
- Introduction (125 words): What is your essay question? Which artists will you be analysing and why? What are you trying to prove/ disprove?
- Pg 1 (250 words): Analyse Lewis Bush in relation to your essay question. Provide any historical or theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to the artists work. Select a key image and use as an example to illustrate your point of view.
- Pg 2 (250 words): Analyse Clare Rae in relation to your essay question. Provide any historical or theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to the artists work. Select a key image and use as an example to illustrate your point of view.
- Conclusion (125 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between both artists. Bring a conclusion to essay question.
- Bibliography: List all relevant sources used
QUOTE > REFERENCING > ACADEMIC SOURCES
- Research and identify 3 literary sources from a variety of media such as books, journal/magazines, internet, video (Youtube).
- Begin to read essay, texts and interviews with your chosen artists as well as commentary from critics, historians and others.
- It’s important that you show evidence of reading and draw upon different pints of view – not only your own.
- Take notes when you’re reading…key words, concepts, passages
- Write down page number, author, year, title, publisher, place of publication so you can list source in a bibliography
- Use quotes to support or disprove your argument
- Use quotes to show evidence of reading
- Use Harvard System of Referencing
- See Powerpoint: harvard system of referencing for further details on how to use it.
Critical image analysis
https://www.photopedagogy.com/photo-literacy.html
Refer to the marking criteria and pay careful attention to Assessment Objective 1…
- show critical awareness
- show contextual understanding
