This document discusses identity and globalization. It explores how identities are based on complex experiences like family, language, ethnicity, and community. It also examines how art can celebrate and reinforce aspects of community identity. While identities may be locally based, art allows them to take on global significance as local ideas and concepts reach international audiences. The document considers examples of indigenous art from Australia, Polynesia, and China that have gained prominence on the global stage.
The Big hART Namatjira project honored renowned Indigenous Australian watercolor artist Albert Namatjira through various arts initiatives from 2009-2014. This included a successful touring theater production about Namatjira's life that was seen by over 50,000 people, as well as watercolor exhibitions. The project worked with Western Aranda communities on workshops and legacy projects to promote civic pride, cultural identity, and social change. It highlighted Namatjira's role in transforming Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations and establishing the Central Desert as a center of watercolor art.
The document discusses the concept of "local" in contemporary art and provides several examples of artists integrating local materials, techniques, and communities into their work in dynamic and fluid ways. It examines how artists have collaborated with others and immersed themselves in local contexts to draw from local languages, stories, festivals, and spaces. The local is seen as an integration of media, geographies, and spaces that is constantly changing and involves artists working with audiences and communities in both physical and virtual spaces.
The document summarizes the evolution of Arab art over time from its origins in Islamic geometric designs and calligraphy to the modern and contemporary eras. It traces the influences of Western art beginning in the 15th century and the emergence of new styles. Later, as Arab artists gained exposure to modern movements, they began defining their own identities and addressing political and social issues. Recent decades have seen a growing role for Arab women artists and new generations expressing themselves outside of strictly Islamic traditions.
Vernon Ah Kee is an Australian Indigenous artist whose work explores Indigenous and non-Indigenous culture and issues facing Indigenous culture in a post-colonial society. He creates sensitive charcoal portraits of his family that were inspired by anthropological photos from the early 20th century, addressing the underlying racism. In later works, he focuses on his subjects' gazes to make the viewer feel uncomfortable and reposition Indigenous Australians as modern people rather than objects in a museum. His text-based works reveal the discrimination Indigenous people face in everyday life.
This document provides information about an upcoming art exhibition titled "FOUND" taking place from 14 to 31 December 2013 at MoCA @ LOEWEN in Singapore. The exhibition will feature works from 13 emerging Singapore artists working in various mediums including mixed media, painting, drawing, photography, video art, threadwork installation, found objects sculpture, and installation. The exhibition aims to highlight the individual styles of the artists and their journeys in discovering their artistic identities and pursuing careers in the visual arts in Singapore. An opening reception will be held on 14 December at 7:30pm.
> Resources: DepEd SHS curriculum guide and Vibal CPAR
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- National Commission for Culture and the Arts
- Cultural Center of the Philippines
- National Historical Commission of the Philippines
- National Museum of the Philippines
- National Library of the Philippines
- Kumisyon sa Wikang Filipino
- National Archives of the Philippines
The Big hART Namatjira project honored renowned Indigenous Australian watercolor artist Albert Namatjira through various arts initiatives from 2009-2014. This included a successful touring theater production about Namatjira's life that was seen by over 50,000 people, as well as watercolor exhibitions. The project worked with Western Aranda communities on workshops and legacy projects to promote civic pride, cultural identity, and social change. It highlighted Namatjira's role in transforming Indigenous-non-Indigenous relations and establishing the Central Desert as a center of watercolor art.
The document discusses the concept of "local" in contemporary art and provides several examples of artists integrating local materials, techniques, and communities into their work in dynamic and fluid ways. It examines how artists have collaborated with others and immersed themselves in local contexts to draw from local languages, stories, festivals, and spaces. The local is seen as an integration of media, geographies, and spaces that is constantly changing and involves artists working with audiences and communities in both physical and virtual spaces.
The document summarizes the evolution of Arab art over time from its origins in Islamic geometric designs and calligraphy to the modern and contemporary eras. It traces the influences of Western art beginning in the 15th century and the emergence of new styles. Later, as Arab artists gained exposure to modern movements, they began defining their own identities and addressing political and social issues. Recent decades have seen a growing role for Arab women artists and new generations expressing themselves outside of strictly Islamic traditions.
Vernon Ah Kee is an Australian Indigenous artist whose work explores Indigenous and non-Indigenous culture and issues facing Indigenous culture in a post-colonial society. He creates sensitive charcoal portraits of his family that were inspired by anthropological photos from the early 20th century, addressing the underlying racism. In later works, he focuses on his subjects' gazes to make the viewer feel uncomfortable and reposition Indigenous Australians as modern people rather than objects in a museum. His text-based works reveal the discrimination Indigenous people face in everyday life.
This document provides information about an upcoming art exhibition titled "FOUND" taking place from 14 to 31 December 2013 at MoCA @ LOEWEN in Singapore. The exhibition will feature works from 13 emerging Singapore artists working in various mediums including mixed media, painting, drawing, photography, video art, threadwork installation, found objects sculpture, and installation. The exhibition aims to highlight the individual styles of the artists and their journeys in discovering their artistic identities and pursuing careers in the visual arts in Singapore. An opening reception will be held on 14 December at 7:30pm.
> Resources: DepEd SHS curriculum guide and Vibal CPAR
> This helping material comes with a short activity. Hope this helps!
- National Commission for Culture and the Arts
- Cultural Center of the Philippines
- National Historical Commission of the Philippines
- National Museum of the Philippines
- National Library of the Philippines
- Kumisyon sa Wikang Filipino
- National Archives of the Philippines
Presentation artscape, Artist in Residence ProgramWendy122561
The two artists, Wendy Wallace and Jacqueline Lemmon, are proposing a one-year artist residency program in downtown Oshawa. They are requesting donated studio space and a $10,000 stipend in exchange for creating public art installations for the city. The program aims to promote Oshawa's cultural identity, encourage other artists, and provide educational opportunities for students through mentorships.
This document discusses the evolution of art from autographic works directly created by artists to allographic works where the process is more important than the final product. It covers the rise of conceptual, process, and fluxus art in the 1960s that emphasized ideas over physical objects. New technological tools are also examined in relation to crafting works of art. The document provides examples of pioneering conceptual works and artists that challenged notions of art and authorship.
Hereby, I have attached traditional folk art of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is enrich in folk art, there various types of folk art.
May be this slides will guide anyone for getting introduce with Bangladeshi culture, Hope it'll be helpful.
A Scavenger Hunt for a Healthy Arts Community.
By
CHARLES CHIP MC NEAL
chip106@aol.com
October 2011
Lesley University
Creative Arts in Learning
EARTS 6101 Art and Culture in Community
The Sundaram Tagore Gallery is presenting an exhibition titled "REV | ACTION: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia" from October 15 to November 14, 2015. The exhibition features works by 10 emerging and established artists from 6 Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The artists use various mediums like photography, video, painting and installations to examine social, political, and cultural issues in their respective communities and countries.
The Art of Now - using Chinese contemporary art with studentsluiseguest
This document provides an overview of Luise Guest's research on contemporary Chinese art and its application in art education. It introduces Guest, her background and research interests. It discusses why the study of contemporary art, including Chinese art, is important for students. It presents several contemporary Chinese artists and their works as examples that could be used in case studies. The document advocates for engaging students with "the art of now" and making connections between contemporary art practices, students' own artmaking, and developing art literacy.
The document provides information about the GNV URBAN ART community and street art projects organized by Iryna Kanishcheva. It discusses how street art has evolved from vandalism to a tool for urban beautification. Kanishcheva organized some of the largest mural projects in Gainesville, Florida, Kyiv, Ukraine, and other locations, focusing on themes of social and environmental issues. Some of the most impactful murals commemorated the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and brought attention to the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. The document outlines Kanishcheva's role in establishing street art as a medium for positive social change through large-scale, thought-provoking murals.
David Brayshaw is a renowned Australian artist known for his coastal and ocean landscape paintings inspired by time spent observing the Great Barrier Reef and ocean environments. He has exhibited widely nationally and internationally and is represented in major collections. Brayshaw joined the online artist forum TLF in 2008 where he connects with other artists and shares his work.
This presentation aims at providing a better understanding of the role, origin and evolution of participation in contemporary art with a specific focus on technology and participation. It will also provide an overview of participative art models developed in the last decade and the trend they created.
Sculpture can be created through various processes like carving, modeling, assembling, or casting. It can be free-standing, in relief, or integrated into the environment. Materials used include wood, stone, metal, clay, and more. Sculpting techniques include carving, modeling, assembling found objects, and casting from molds. Relief sculptures project from backgrounds in low, high, or sunken relief. Examples given are the Oblation statue at UP Diliman and the Lapu-Lapu monument honoring Filipinos who helped Korea.
The document provides definitions and context for key terms related to digital ethnography research conducted in Second Life. It summarizes interviews with the creator of the Dryland region in Second Life, Anita Witt, an artist who exhibited work there named Pallina60 Loon, and a visitor to Dryland named Quiyote. The interviews covered topics like their real identities, art backgrounds, and responses to art criticism questions about Pallina60 Loon's installation "Woops...A Baby." The document also provides context on the real-world inspiration for Dryland and compares the three interviews.
Graphic design and illustration aim to visually communicate messages through visual presentations. Graphic design has existed since early civilizations used written languages and symbols, and modern graphic design is rooted in developments like the printing press and industrial revolution. Key aspects of graphic design and illustration include symbols, logos, typography, layout, posters/advertisements, and illustration. Sculpture is a 3D art form that has been practiced for millennia using various materials and techniques like modeling, assembling, carving, and casting. Sculpture can be figurative or abstract and range in scale from small figurines to large earthworks that alter landscapes.
The document discusses how the arts provide important benefits for students in schools. It argues that the arts give students confidence and a place where they feel they belong. It also suggests that the arts help develop important skills like problem solving, critical thinking, and self-expression. Without arts programs, students would be less engaged in school and more likely to drop out. The arts foster collaboration, empower students, and introduce cultural history.
This document defines and discusses different types of art including contemporary art, visual arts, fine arts, decorative arts, and contemporary art forms. Contemporary art is defined as art produced in the present time by living artists. Visual arts encompass art forms appreciated primarily through sight such as literature, culinary arts, media arts, performing arts, and fine arts. Fine arts are artworks created primarily for aesthetic purposes rather than practical function. Decorative arts are artworks that are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Contemporary art forms include recently developed styles and techniques that are experimental in nature.
This document provides information about an art exhibition titled "Sift" taking place from 17-31 October 2015 in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland. It features the works of five artists: John Busher, Trudi van der Elsen, Noelle Gallagher, Will O'Kane, and Joan Sugrue. For each artist, it provides a brief biography and description of their artistic practice and works featured in the exhibition. The exhibition will explore emerging developments in contemporary painting and figure as a space for dialogue between the artists. Events during the exhibition will include spoken word performances by Caroline Busher and Peter Murphy.
The document discusses contemporary Vodun arts in Ouidah, Benin that were commissioned for the 1992 Ouidah 92 festival. It focuses on the works of several Beninese artists, including Cyprien Tokoudagba, the Dakpogan brothers (Theodore and Calixte Dakpogan), Simonet Biokou, Dominique Kouas, and Yves Apollinaire Pede, whose large metal sculptures and installations depicting Vodun themes and history are on permanent display in sites around Ouidah. The art was intended to both celebrate Vodun and promote tourism as part of the Ouidah 92 festival marking religious freedom and cultural pride in Benin.
Art is a form of communication that allows artists to express themselves and convey thoughts and emotions. It comes in many forms, including visual arts like painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as decorative arts, textiles, and crafts. Contemporary art incorporates experimental styles and techniques, such as assemblage, collage, installation, digital art, land art, and conceptual art. The document provides definitions and examples of different types of visual arts and discusses criteria for evaluating art.
Artistic skills and techniques to contemporary art creationscherainew1987
This document discusses various artistic skills and techniques used in contemporary art, including collage, decollage, graffiti, land art, digital arts, mixed media, and print making. It provides definitions and examples for each technique. Collage involves assembling different materials like paper, photos, and text onto a surface, while decollage is the opposite - removing pieces from an existing image. Graffiti includes writing or drawings on walls or surfaces, often with social/political messages. Land art incorporates natural materials and alters the landscape as the artwork. Digital arts and mixed media combine various media, including digital technology. Print making produces artworks through painting on matrices like metal plates or screens.
This document discusses the importance of art education at the elementary level. It defines art education as including both visual and performing arts. Visual arts involve creating physical art objects using mediums like painting, sculpture, and design. Performing arts are experienced through dance, theatre, music, and puppetry. The document outlines several benefits of art education for children's development, such as personal growth, cognitive stimulation, and improved academic performance. It also describes the wide scope and career opportunities associated with art education, such as careers in teaching, commercial art, film, architecture, and more. Overall, the document advocates for the inclusion of art education at the elementary level to support children's learning and development.
The document provides an overview of early human art from the Paleolithic period, beginning around 77,000 BCE. Key points discussed include engraved ochre fragments found at Blombos Cave in South Africa dating to 77,000 BCE, which represent some of the earliest known examples of human artistic expression. Other early art discussed includes cave paintings from Lascaux, France around 15,000-13,000 BCE depicting animals such as bison and horses. The document examines debates around defining art and discusses how archaeological discoveries are continually updating our understanding of early human history and artistic practices.
unfolding - Nan Tien Institute art exhibition
2 - 22 November 2012
12 IAVA artists explored the idea of unfolding in the context of Australian Artists in the Asian Century.
Artists: Kendal Heyes, Jennifer Jackson, Garry Jones, Alena Kennedy, Flossie Peitsch, Jennifer Portman, Deborah Redwood, Robert Reid, Sue Smalkowski, Arja Välimäki, Vyvian Wilson, Mary Wingrave.
Presentation artscape, Artist in Residence ProgramWendy122561
The two artists, Wendy Wallace and Jacqueline Lemmon, are proposing a one-year artist residency program in downtown Oshawa. They are requesting donated studio space and a $10,000 stipend in exchange for creating public art installations for the city. The program aims to promote Oshawa's cultural identity, encourage other artists, and provide educational opportunities for students through mentorships.
This document discusses the evolution of art from autographic works directly created by artists to allographic works where the process is more important than the final product. It covers the rise of conceptual, process, and fluxus art in the 1960s that emphasized ideas over physical objects. New technological tools are also examined in relation to crafting works of art. The document provides examples of pioneering conceptual works and artists that challenged notions of art and authorship.
Hereby, I have attached traditional folk art of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is enrich in folk art, there various types of folk art.
May be this slides will guide anyone for getting introduce with Bangladeshi culture, Hope it'll be helpful.
A Scavenger Hunt for a Healthy Arts Community.
By
CHARLES CHIP MC NEAL
chip106@aol.com
October 2011
Lesley University
Creative Arts in Learning
EARTS 6101 Art and Culture in Community
The Sundaram Tagore Gallery is presenting an exhibition titled "REV | ACTION: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia" from October 15 to November 14, 2015. The exhibition features works by 10 emerging and established artists from 6 Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The artists use various mediums like photography, video, painting and installations to examine social, political, and cultural issues in their respective communities and countries.
The Art of Now - using Chinese contemporary art with studentsluiseguest
This document provides an overview of Luise Guest's research on contemporary Chinese art and its application in art education. It introduces Guest, her background and research interests. It discusses why the study of contemporary art, including Chinese art, is important for students. It presents several contemporary Chinese artists and their works as examples that could be used in case studies. The document advocates for engaging students with "the art of now" and making connections between contemporary art practices, students' own artmaking, and developing art literacy.
The document provides information about the GNV URBAN ART community and street art projects organized by Iryna Kanishcheva. It discusses how street art has evolved from vandalism to a tool for urban beautification. Kanishcheva organized some of the largest mural projects in Gainesville, Florida, Kyiv, Ukraine, and other locations, focusing on themes of social and environmental issues. Some of the most impactful murals commemorated the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and brought attention to the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. The document outlines Kanishcheva's role in establishing street art as a medium for positive social change through large-scale, thought-provoking murals.
David Brayshaw is a renowned Australian artist known for his coastal and ocean landscape paintings inspired by time spent observing the Great Barrier Reef and ocean environments. He has exhibited widely nationally and internationally and is represented in major collections. Brayshaw joined the online artist forum TLF in 2008 where he connects with other artists and shares his work.
This presentation aims at providing a better understanding of the role, origin and evolution of participation in contemporary art with a specific focus on technology and participation. It will also provide an overview of participative art models developed in the last decade and the trend they created.
Sculpture can be created through various processes like carving, modeling, assembling, or casting. It can be free-standing, in relief, or integrated into the environment. Materials used include wood, stone, metal, clay, and more. Sculpting techniques include carving, modeling, assembling found objects, and casting from molds. Relief sculptures project from backgrounds in low, high, or sunken relief. Examples given are the Oblation statue at UP Diliman and the Lapu-Lapu monument honoring Filipinos who helped Korea.
The document provides definitions and context for key terms related to digital ethnography research conducted in Second Life. It summarizes interviews with the creator of the Dryland region in Second Life, Anita Witt, an artist who exhibited work there named Pallina60 Loon, and a visitor to Dryland named Quiyote. The interviews covered topics like their real identities, art backgrounds, and responses to art criticism questions about Pallina60 Loon's installation "Woops...A Baby." The document also provides context on the real-world inspiration for Dryland and compares the three interviews.
Graphic design and illustration aim to visually communicate messages through visual presentations. Graphic design has existed since early civilizations used written languages and symbols, and modern graphic design is rooted in developments like the printing press and industrial revolution. Key aspects of graphic design and illustration include symbols, logos, typography, layout, posters/advertisements, and illustration. Sculpture is a 3D art form that has been practiced for millennia using various materials and techniques like modeling, assembling, carving, and casting. Sculpture can be figurative or abstract and range in scale from small figurines to large earthworks that alter landscapes.
The document discusses how the arts provide important benefits for students in schools. It argues that the arts give students confidence and a place where they feel they belong. It also suggests that the arts help develop important skills like problem solving, critical thinking, and self-expression. Without arts programs, students would be less engaged in school and more likely to drop out. The arts foster collaboration, empower students, and introduce cultural history.
This document defines and discusses different types of art including contemporary art, visual arts, fine arts, decorative arts, and contemporary art forms. Contemporary art is defined as art produced in the present time by living artists. Visual arts encompass art forms appreciated primarily through sight such as literature, culinary arts, media arts, performing arts, and fine arts. Fine arts are artworks created primarily for aesthetic purposes rather than practical function. Decorative arts are artworks that are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Contemporary art forms include recently developed styles and techniques that are experimental in nature.
This document provides information about an art exhibition titled "Sift" taking place from 17-31 October 2015 in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland. It features the works of five artists: John Busher, Trudi van der Elsen, Noelle Gallagher, Will O'Kane, and Joan Sugrue. For each artist, it provides a brief biography and description of their artistic practice and works featured in the exhibition. The exhibition will explore emerging developments in contemporary painting and figure as a space for dialogue between the artists. Events during the exhibition will include spoken word performances by Caroline Busher and Peter Murphy.
The document discusses contemporary Vodun arts in Ouidah, Benin that were commissioned for the 1992 Ouidah 92 festival. It focuses on the works of several Beninese artists, including Cyprien Tokoudagba, the Dakpogan brothers (Theodore and Calixte Dakpogan), Simonet Biokou, Dominique Kouas, and Yves Apollinaire Pede, whose large metal sculptures and installations depicting Vodun themes and history are on permanent display in sites around Ouidah. The art was intended to both celebrate Vodun and promote tourism as part of the Ouidah 92 festival marking religious freedom and cultural pride in Benin.
Art is a form of communication that allows artists to express themselves and convey thoughts and emotions. It comes in many forms, including visual arts like painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as decorative arts, textiles, and crafts. Contemporary art incorporates experimental styles and techniques, such as assemblage, collage, installation, digital art, land art, and conceptual art. The document provides definitions and examples of different types of visual arts and discusses criteria for evaluating art.
Artistic skills and techniques to contemporary art creationscherainew1987
This document discusses various artistic skills and techniques used in contemporary art, including collage, decollage, graffiti, land art, digital arts, mixed media, and print making. It provides definitions and examples for each technique. Collage involves assembling different materials like paper, photos, and text onto a surface, while decollage is the opposite - removing pieces from an existing image. Graffiti includes writing or drawings on walls or surfaces, often with social/political messages. Land art incorporates natural materials and alters the landscape as the artwork. Digital arts and mixed media combine various media, including digital technology. Print making produces artworks through painting on matrices like metal plates or screens.
This document discusses the importance of art education at the elementary level. It defines art education as including both visual and performing arts. Visual arts involve creating physical art objects using mediums like painting, sculpture, and design. Performing arts are experienced through dance, theatre, music, and puppetry. The document outlines several benefits of art education for children's development, such as personal growth, cognitive stimulation, and improved academic performance. It also describes the wide scope and career opportunities associated with art education, such as careers in teaching, commercial art, film, architecture, and more. Overall, the document advocates for the inclusion of art education at the elementary level to support children's learning and development.
The document provides an overview of early human art from the Paleolithic period, beginning around 77,000 BCE. Key points discussed include engraved ochre fragments found at Blombos Cave in South Africa dating to 77,000 BCE, which represent some of the earliest known examples of human artistic expression. Other early art discussed includes cave paintings from Lascaux, France around 15,000-13,000 BCE depicting animals such as bison and horses. The document examines debates around defining art and discusses how archaeological discoveries are continually updating our understanding of early human history and artistic practices.
unfolding - Nan Tien Institute art exhibition
2 - 22 November 2012
12 IAVA artists explored the idea of unfolding in the context of Australian Artists in the Asian Century.
Artists: Kendal Heyes, Jennifer Jackson, Garry Jones, Alena Kennedy, Flossie Peitsch, Jennifer Portman, Deborah Redwood, Robert Reid, Sue Smalkowski, Arja Välimäki, Vyvian Wilson, Mary Wingrave.
This document provides an overview of the "unfolding" art exhibition at Nan Tien Institute that explores connections between Australian and Asian cultures. It discusses how globalization has led to the blending of cultures and references artworks in the exhibition that depict themes of cultural exchange, spirituality, and mutual understanding between East and West. The curator aims to show how artists in the Illawarra region are influenced by and engaged with Asian perspectives through their work.
This document outlines the Playing Identities - Performing Heritage project. The project will involve young artists from different European countries working together to produce "creole" theatrical performances. The performances will explore and negotiate cultural heritage and identities. The project involves selecting young theatre makers, four artistic fieldworks in different countries, creative residencies to develop the performances, and a final performance cycle in Siena, Italy. The goal is for theatre to facilitate sharing cultural knowledge and triggering social innovation through performing heritage in an inclusive way.
1. An artefact is anything made by humans and can be used for performances, displays in galleries, or decoration.
2. Cultural artefacts provide information about the culture and traditions of their creators through messages, morals, and depictions of daily life.
3. On Easter Island, ancient people called the Rapa Nui sculpted giant stone figures and placed them around the coast as monuments, though the reasons are unknown.
Cultures traditionally express identity through unique visual forms like costumes, paintings, sculptures and architecture. Throughout history, as civilizations changed due to events like wars, migrations spread cultural values to new lands. Contemporary artists grapple with effects of globalization on identity and belonging, sometimes looking to cultural heritage of the past. The document profiles several artists exploring these themes through mediums like painting, printmaking, sculpture and weaving.
The document is a chapter from a book that discusses a community arts project in Clanwilliam, South Africa called the Clanwilliam Arts Project. It provides background information on the project, which engages school students in creative arts activities based on stories and icons from the Bleek & Lloyd archive of /Xam (San) oral traditions. The project aims to provide arts access, train facilitators, and reconnect the community to its /Xam heritage through performance. It discusses how heritage is an active process of engaging with the past in the present, and can be transformative.
The document summarizes the 25 year history of the Absa L'Atelier Art Competition in South Africa. It recognizes Absa's commitment as the long-time sponsor of the competition and highlights some of the past winners, including Penny Siopis in 1986, Diane Victor in 1988, and Barend de Wet in 1990. It also profiles several other artists who have participated and have gone on to successful careers, such as Clive van den Berg, Hennie Stroebel, and Virginia MacKenny. The competition has helped identify and support young emerging artists in South Africa for over 25 years.
Traditionally, artistic training involved apprenticing under a master artist, as seen in medieval European guilds. Some cultures still use apprenticeships to pass down artistic skills and cultural expressions. Apprentices learn through observation and practice over long periods. Community art projects also teach skills, as seen in ancient pyramid building and the AIDS Memorial Quilt, where individual contributions combine into large collaborative works of art.
Art can be defined as objects or events that evoke aesthetic appreciation or are of more than ordinary significance. It involves qualities of beauty, creativity, expression, and meaning. While Western definitions often focus on "fine arts," anthropology takes a broader view of art as any creative cultural expression, including folk arts. Art is deeply embedded in its cultural context and reflects societal values and traditions while also being a site for individual expression. It plays important roles in cultural transmission, identity formation, and continuity amid change over time.
1. The document provides instructions and progress challenges for a course on researching visual communication history. It includes case studies on various art movements from the 1960s including Pop Art, Op Art, and Aboriginal Art.
2. One challenge examines the history and evolution of the QANTAS logo from its origins in 1947 to present day. The flying kangaroo symbol represents QANTAS' Australian identity and spirit of innovation.
3. References are provided for various sources that informed the case studies and challenges, including Wikipedia articles on specific artists and movements.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
This document summarizes a research paper on the Atam masquerade tradition of the Bakor people of Nigeria. It discusses how masquerades are an important part of cultural expression and identity in many African societies. The Atam masquerade holds significant ritual and social roles in Bakor society. It serves functions like cleansing, adjudication, and mourning royal figures. The paper aims to document the Atam tradition and its artistic and functional significance before it potentially disappears, as many cultural practices and skills are being lost. It examines masquerading as a form of artistic communication and how masks symbolize cultural beliefs and ideas.
The document summarizes Ed Carroll's experiences at a Faro Convention seminar in Tallinn, Estonia. It discusses how heritage preserves local history and benefits communities. It provides an example of a community museum in Kalamaja that tells the stories of the neighborhood. It also announces upcoming Faro Convention events and discussions on cultural rights and a project in Marseille where a community is working with a museum to share their cultural heritage.
Sylvia Salisbury is a painter currently living and working in Cornwall. She works in a variety of media including oils, acrylics, watercolor, mixed media, and collage. Her work focuses on floral and cultural/political themes and aims to explore hidden connections between people and situations. One body of her work, entitled "Papaver Somniferum," examines the cultural impact of the opium poppy.
Traditional arts in the Philippines include folk architecture, maritime transport, weaving, carving, folk performing arts, folk (oral) literature, folk graphic and plastic arts, ornaments, textile or fiber art, pottery, and other artistic expressions of traditional culture.
The document discusses using the Yiwarra Kuju exhibition at the National Museum of Australia to teach students about Aboriginal art. It describes how the exhibition helped allay the students' fears of engaging with Aboriginal art by showing them art from the Western Desert that tells histories and stories in a way that is relatable to non-Aboriginal people. It details how the students were inspired by techniques used in the exhibition to create their own artworks telling stories of place and identity. Their collaborative artworks were exhibited, demonstrating how the Yiwarra Kuju exhibition facilitated cross-cultural understanding and inquiry-based learning about Aboriginal art.
The document outlines an agenda for a public art practice workshop held in Dublin. It includes sessions on current commissioning approaches, case studies, and proposals. Artists will present on considering audience and context in proposals. There will be discussions on realizing commissions and navigating organizational relationships. The workshop aims to explore public art practices and challenges in Ireland.
This document provides an overview of the history and development of Philippine art from pre-colonial times to the present day. It divides Philippine art into seven eras: pre-colonial/ethnic arts, Islamic arts, Spanish era, American era, Japanese era, modern era, and contemporary era. Each era is characterized by the dominant influences and themes in art at that time, such as religious propagation during the Spanish era and questions of national identity in the modern era. The document also provides rubrics for evaluating different types of art presentations.
3. Glocal – many
meanings, of course!
Glocal Project, Surrey, Canada
From the local to the
global
Singular, multiple,
universal
Vocal/glocal/glowcal
How do I want to use it here?
I want to start with identity and stretch out.
5. Locating the Local
Identities are based on a complex of
experience – family, language, ethnicity,
community, gender, sexual orientation, age,
experience
Ema Tavola, Patchwork, 2005-2008
6. Community
Art reenacts, reinforces aspects
of identity
Art identifies the signifiers of
community – the signs,
symbols, ‘the raiment’ of a
community
Art celebrates the history of a
community – the experience of
a community over time
7. The Raiment of a Community
The Pacific Tattoo – Alfred Gell, Wrapping in
Images: Tattooing in Polynesia (Oxford:1993)
The Kiwi Tatoo – from ta moko to street art
from uhi to needles
The Generational Tattoo – changes in status,
usage and style over time
The International Generational Tattoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_lxtWqdV
0
8. Community
, People,
Place,
Aniwaniwa History -
Aniwaniwa--te hokinga akena. Local becomes glocal…
'Submersion' is used as a metaphor for cultural loss.
Aniwaniwa refers to the narrowest point of the Waikato River
by the village of Horahora, where Brett Graham’s father was
born and his Grandfather worked at the Horahora power
station. In 1947 the town was flooded to create a hydro-electric
dam. Many historic sites significant to Graham’s hapu ‘Ngati
Koroki’ were lost in the process.
In many of Rachael Rakena’s works Māori identity is explored
as being in a state of flux, which like the borders of a river, are
constantly being redefined.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xljkl3Q5V3U&feature=related
9. The Pacific is the Identity: The
Other is the Alterity
Identifying with the Pacific ––
with your non-white heritage –
with the community of your
father or mother, grandfather or
grandmother, with the side of
the self with which, for whatever
reason, you currently identify,
makes the non-Pacific the
Alter/Other.
ReubenPaterson, Karangahake
(2010)
glitter on canvas
stretcher size : 200 x 200 cm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6hIraUgWPps
11. Shigeyuki Kinohara: ‘I want
to provocate people!’
So does Reuben – but
more gently. Maori is his
‘community’ but the world
is his field
Reuben Paterson, The Bed's Spread
of Provocation, glitter and acrylic on
canvas, 200 x 200, 2009
http://www.bos17.com.au/biennale/ar
tist/82
http://www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.n
z/exhibitions/pastexhibitions/2010/re
ubenpaterson.asp
12. Art Building Confidence in Identity
Tracey Tawhiao
Tracey Tawhiao is a writer, poet, lawyer. She is also a painter and visual artist.
Tawhiao is Ngai Te Rangi from Matakana Island. When she spent considerable
time on the island she started her newspaper paintings that now cover the walls
of many people's homes.
Her paintings and poetry featured in the book Taiawhio, conversations with
contemporary Maori Artists, published by Te Papa Press.
13. Communities
Working with local communities [Rakena]
Building interracial communities [Yuki:Mov1-0746]
http://australianetwork.com/pacificpulse/stories/30
64674.htm
Working within artists’ communities [Tracey]
Collaboration/mixed media/low tech culture [Giles]
Support –Tautai [Giles:MVI-0878]
http://www.tautaipacific.com
Building audiences [Yuki:MV1-0746: Rakena:MVI-
0723]
14. Pacific Philosophies
Giving visual form to Pacific traditions, views of the
world, philosophies [Rakena: MVI-0719: Reuben]
Maori aspects of life [Tracey:MVI-0831]
Samoan fa’a Samoa [Yuki:MVI-0763, 0767]
Fa/va/te kori – thresholds [Lonnie:MVI-0790]
Maori/Pacific aesthetic [Lonnie:MVI-0798:
Tracey:MVI-0833]
Aesthetics and agency [Rakena: MVI-0724]
15. Art and Agency
Art and agency [Yuki:MVI-0764: Rakena: MVI-0724:
Giles:MVI-0877]
The authority of the voice [Lonnie:MVI-0806]
The need to engage with people/audiences[Rakena:MVI-
0719]/through performance [Yuki:MVI-0764]
Performance – new rituals to live by [Giles:MVI-
0880/0881]
The need to provoke [Yuki:MVI-0765]
Working with the disaffected young [Tracey:MVI-o829]
16. Multicultual
Ethnicities
What is an ‘ethnicity’? Based on language, history, place,
skin colour, bodily characteristics, ‘race’?
Are all ‘ethnicities’ multicultural to a degree?
Does ‘alterity’ always depend on ethnicity or does ‘class’,
social status play a role? Wittgenstein – point of view
Yuki Kinohara talks about ‘interracial identities.’ Yuki:MVI-
0758
Multicultural – multiethnic – interracial identities are not only
very local – they are also global
17. Identity: Stretching
Out
Interterritorial - from Niu Sila to the homelands and
back again and again [Yuki:MVI-0765]
International – from the Pacific to the world and
back again and again
Interethnic communities – building bridges [Yuki:
MVI-0745]- building conversations [Yuki:MVI-0763]-
the artist working at the intersection of cultures
[Yuki:MVI-0763]
Working glocally [Yuki:MVI-0763: Giles:MVI-0883/4]
18. Identity: Glocal
Locally based but not locally confined
[Lonie:MVI-0793: Rakena: MVI-0726]
Art and the world [Rakena: MVI-0725]
Local in content global in reach and
significance
Local in concept but practiced globally
19. A Pause to Reflect
The strength of acting for and within a community –
locally – relevant, engaged, having agency,
provoking discussion of real issues
Taking the local to the world – Aniwaniwa – a
political issue that is global (the generation of
power meaning the dislocation of communities, the
destruction of history), but not local – losing
strength in gaining audience
The local becomes exotic, the art remains alter,
losing traction as garnering respect
Two case histories –Filipe Tohi and Aboriginal art
20. Filipe Tohi
Tohi (b. 1959) is an
emigrant to New
Zealand, arriving from
Tonga in 1978.
Rangimarie Maori Arts
and Crafts Centre (1985-
1992): staff of Taranaki
Polytechnic (1986-1992).
Now works full time
artist.
21. Lalava (lashing)
‘I believe lalava
patterns were a
mnemonic device
for representing a
life philosophy.
Lalava patterns
advocated balance
in daily living and
were metaphorical
and physical ties to
cultural knowledge’
http://www.lalava.net/nav.html
23. Bringing the Pacific
to the World
Tohi has
established an
international
reputation, bringing
the Pan-Pacific
medium of lalava –
lashing, weaving
tradition with a
Modernist
sensibility to the
world. Fale
Pasifika, University
of Auckland, 2004
25. Emily Kngwarraye, Big Yam 1996
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 4 panels,
each 159.0 x 270.0cm, overall 245.0 x
401.0cm. National Gallery of Victoria
26. Utopia: The Genius of Emily
Kame Kngwarreye
Shown first in Japan,
at Osaka and Tokyo
early 2008
Then in Australia
31. The Journey of
Australian Aboriginal Art
From being everywhere every
day within the culture
To being nowhere in a
dismembered and dispersed
culture
To being everywhere in the
world’s artworld, part of the
spectacle of our present
32. CHINESE ART
Traditional Chinese art and aesthetics
‘suggestiveness – images beyond images’
‘the intriguing quality is beyond the painting’
‘vital quality’ (qi)
Balance between opposites – yin and yang
Naturalness and regularity
Spiritual quality of naturalness and freedom from
following set rules
33.
34. May Fourth Period
1917-1923
Chinese became familiar with Western ideas,
through study abroad and the attempt to
modernise the country, including the fields of
art and aesthetics
Chinese saw themselves as ‘spiritual’ as
opposed to Western ‘materialism’
Fusion of Kant and Chinese aesthetics – ‘The
Path of Beauty’ ( a book by Li Zehou)
Synthesis
35. Communism from late
1940s and Cultural
Revolution 1966-1976
Adoption of ‘Socialist Realism’
from Soviet Russia but pervaded
by Chinese aesthetics: then
aesthetics ceased to exist
36. Post-New-Period (houxin
shiqi)
Art, culture and national identity
Foucault, postmodernism: post-colonial ideas –
Edward Said (‘travelling theories’ – coming from
one culture and being applied in another)
The self-colonisation of Chinese art by Western
ideas and practice
The recovery of a Chinese ‘subjectivity’ or
Chineseness (zhonghuaxing)
37. GLOBALISATION 1
Western ideas and art practice dominate China
Globalisation means ideas and culture
dominated by fast-moving- as a result of
intermedial reflectivity – Western thought and
practice
But Western thought and practice has local
origins – in the Enlightenment, in Modernism
and Post-Modernism
Intercultural exchange is a one-way street
38. Globalisation 2
Art has become an integral part
of the global market place
Double demand – art must keep
up with the trends but have a
‘native touch’ (exoticom)
39. WEI DONG
Culture Culture
2002
Ink and colour on
paper 33 x 66
Hybridity, intercultural
Fusion,
Aspects of Chinese
tradition,
Exoticom??
40. Details
Renaissance
White skinnedred finger
nails
Semi-undress: male
characteristics – half-bald
head, male left ear and
nose, red band on arm
‘student on duty’, Red
Guard bag, bottle of
Guanyin, Buddhist goddess
of mercy, sealed with
Communist Red Star,
money tucked in bodice –
floating in air, Mao stick,
book on Dürer.
41. Ranjani Shettar (India), Just a bit
more, Hand-molded beeswax, pigments,
and thread dyed in tea, 2005-2006
H: 365.8
W: 1079.5
D: 670.6
42. I’ve read that your work draws from
some beliefs in Indian culture and
traditions. Can you elaborate on that?
SHETTAR: I mean that is something others read into
my work.
It’s not essential that I look at it like that because I am
an Indian.
I’m born here, so that’s why my work might be Indian,
but otherwise, I feel that important things are working
with ideas that are more of your self, which have
nothing to do with the region as such.
To me it’s not the culture. It’s the life that keeps my work
going.
It has nothing to do with religion or culture.
43. ‘Here I am dealing with organization,
connections, formal aspects
of space, color, form, line.’
45. INTERMEDIALITY
Many of the artworks we have discussed in the
course use a variety of media – sometimes in
the same work.
Art discourse is now also globalised and
intermedial – the internet has changed our lives,
we see art in galleries, but also see galleries on
the net, we go to see art anywhere in the world.
It is a new experience of ‘seeing’ and opens up
intercultural experience in a new way. Our
identities are changed in the process.
46. Glocal-Global
The strength of acting for and within a
community – locally – relevant, engaged, having
agency, provoking discussion of real issues
Taking the local to the world – Aniwaniwa – a
political issue that is global (the generation of
power meaning the dislocation of communities,
the destruction of history), but not local – losing
strength in gaining audience
The local becomes exotic, the art remains alter,
losing traction as it garners respect
Glocal and globalisation – its where we’re at,
like it or hide from it!
Editor's Notes
Sllde4We have already examined the issue of Pacific identity from an Island immigrant and descent perspective. This lecture looks more broadly at identity as an artistic catalyst among Polynesian artists both within New Zealand, across the Pacific and more broadly as an element in the glocalisation of artistic practice.
Slide 5 The Bases of IdentityOur sense of ourselves, our cultural and personal identity, is constructed out of a wide range of feelings and experience. Its prime site of development is within our family circumstances – our immediate nuclear family – parents, siblings and grandparents, but also from our wider family – our whanau. This is particularly true of Polynesian families where ties are generally both closer and broader, extending in the case of Maori to the hapu (the sub-tribe) and iwi(the tribe). Identity is also framed within language – the indigenous language of origin, the variety of English of the immediate community and the language of the dominant culture. We also identify, sometimes more, sometimes less, with our ethnic origins, the community within which our family lives and plays a social role. We also identify with the gender patterns within our community, as well as our own disposition to a particular gender orientation. We are young or old, a child, young parents, pensioners, elders. In our lifetimes we all have different experience of the world at different stages of our biological developments. In other words our identity is patchwork.We should not forget either that this patchwork is never fixed or given, but is in a state of constant change throughout our lives, but, nevertheless, will always turn around the firm foundations of our early upbringing and experience of the world.
Slide 6 Community HistoryArt often reenacts and reinforces aspects of identity. It identifies the signifiers of a community – the visual markers, the signs and symbols, what might be called ‘the raiment’ of a community. Art can be used to celebrate the achievements of a community – real or supposed. It can be used to raise the tribulations of a community to the status of tragedy, ennoblement through suffering, the celebrated experience of a community over time.
Slide 8 The collaborative video work of Rachael Rakena and Brett Graham entitled Aniwaniwa – tehokingamai [The Journey Home] commemorates the communitu of the village of Horahora, on the shores of the rapids at the narrowest point of the Waikato River. The village was flooded in 1947 during the damming of the river for hydroelectric development. In that process historical sites related to Brett Graham’s hapu, NgatiKoroki, were drowned and lost their descendants. Graham’s grandfather subsequently worked at the hydro-electric station. The submersion of the village and historical sites is likened to the submersion of Maori culture through colonisation. Cultural identity is thus both changed and redefined, like the banks and course of the Waikato River. The bubbles in which images of the past float through the film are like wakahuia, the containers of precious memories. These containers are covered in a pattern suggesting the gnawed pathways of insects, gouging the wood, like the stone, and later, metal, of the carving tool, recalling the origin of the word whakairo, to carve, to eat through like an insect, and that the art of carving came from under the water, from the sacred realm of Tangaroa.Click open the links to more material about Aniwaniwa.[For the full story of the origins of Maori carving see HiriniMoko Mead, Te ToiWhakairo [The Art of Maori Carving] (Auckland: Reed, 1995), pp, 8-17]
Slide 9 Identity is related to concepts of the self. Some people see themselves as associated with communities that dominate a culture. Others have a sense that their identity is tied up with communities that have been, and remain, dominated by the cultures of Others. It is a matter not only of perception but also of cultural history.Polynesians often identify with their indigenous roots, traditions and heritage. Those who are immigrants with the islands of their childhood. Their descendants identify with the land of their parents’ origin. Those of mixed descent identify sometimes with their mother’s culture, sometime with their father’s. Whatever your own identity then those whose loyalty lies elsewhere are the Other, the Alter
Slide 9 Click open the links to learn more about the work of Reuben Paterson
Slide 10 Not all aspects of our identity are based upon ethnicity and heritage. Some are based upon our feeling, our beliefs, our way of life that are not necessarily those of our family and heritage. As adults we may be convinced of this or that set of ideas or ways of behaving. For example our sexual orientation is not always guided by our heritage but by a host of their factors. However we might feel more comfortable in, say, a gay community, than among heterosexuals.Reuben Paterson does not only celebrate his Maori heritage and the community of the peoples of the pacific, but also stands for a range of human rights, among which is the right to equal treatment both in the law and society as a whole, for the gay community.His glitter paintings not only evokes the light that shimmers from traditional Maori kowhaiwhai pattern but also uses the speckled surface as a reference to the gay world. His ‘provocation’ series reminds the viewer of the controversy surrounding the use of provocation used as a defence in crimes relating to violence against members of the gay community, as well as celebrating the joy of colour and patterned surfaces in the art of the Pasifika community in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Slide 14
*Tohi held his first solo exhibition at the Taco gallery in New Plymouth in 1986, called Matala, to bloom. His art became so well known that in 1987 he was commissioned to carve the doors for the New Zealand embassy in Saudi Arabia. In 1988 he returned to Tonga and made contact with traditional artists and carvers. In the early nineties he began to use stone and steel together as media for his art, showing the results in 1994 at the exhibition Journeying Together at the Taranaki Museum in New Plymouth. As he said 'Tongan and Polynesian designs use a lot of lines in lashing, carving and weaving. I used the stainless steel for the structural lines, to make the connection, to relate to the past.' He sings Tongan chants whilst working - one associated with the making of a work and another of its completion.
For an audio interview with Filipe Tohi go to http://www.pasifikastyles.org.uk/mp3/tohi.mp3Also visit Filipe Tohi’s website http://www.lalava.net/nav.html
* Tohi claims that FrançoisMorellet, the French abstract painter is a significant influence. For Morellet see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Morellet
Margo Neale, principal curator, with Craddock Morton, Director, National Museum of Australia, at the official launch on 25 February 2008, in front of Big Yam, 1996, National Gallery of Victoria
Yunupingu’s source of inspiration is Garak the Universe, an important ancestral story – particularly for the Yolgnu of north-east Arnhem Land. Although Garak appears to be a literal representation of the Milky Way, Yunupingu has stated herself that her art is about the entire universe, all the stars that can be seen by the naked eye, and also everything that exists far beyond any scientific expedition or estimation – everything that can be imagined and all that cannot.In the Indigenous visual art scene many emerging artists, particularly those from more remote regions of Australia (that is, far from metropolitan art school training), are highly placed within their communities as ceremonial leaders and/or healers. Their profound knowledge is manifest in their art practice. So it is with Gumatj/Rrakpala artist Gulumbu Yunupingu, who is an important leader in her community at Yirrkala in North-East Arnhem Land. With connections to one of its most important cultural dynasties, and although relatively unknown in the art world only a few years ago, Yunupingu is now considered one of the most innovative of contemporary Indigenous artists.I first became aware of Gulumbu Yunupingu’s art at the 2004 Garma Festival of Traditional Culture[1], held annually at Gulkula, an outstation and important ceremonial site forty kilometres from Nhulunbuy in North-East Arnhem Land. Walking along a track towards an outcrop overlooking an escarpment, with the ocean vanishing in the distance, I was entranced by the sight of a cluster of stunning larrakitj (funerary hollow log coffins), of which one, covered in a swathe of shimmering ochre stars, held me transfixed. The shining galaxy depicted on this particular larrakitj led to me to seek out the artist’s identity.The installation was on loan from a private collection for the duration of the Festival, and each evening at dusk every larrakitj would be covered with a shroud to protect them from the quicksilver tropical elements. Will Stubbs, the co-ordinator at Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre (who is also Yunupingu’s son-in-law), oversaw this task. It was magical observing the light shift from palest pink through lavender and purple tones, with the luminescent moon rising over the sea and the first night stars commencing their trajectory, all accompanied by the sounds of Garma’s Bunggul (ceremonial performance) with the hypnotic resonance of the yidaki (didjeridu) in the near distance.[2]Yunupingu’s source of inspiration is Garak(the Universe), which in her work appears to represent the Milky Way, an important ancestral story especially for the Yolngu people of North–East Arnhem Land where the artist lives. However, she has said that her art is about far more than this: it incorporates the entire universe, all the stars that can be seen by the naked eye and everything that exists beyond scientific exploration; everything that can be imagined, and all that is beyond the imagination.Yunupingu’s high degree of skill and innovation in her work made her a clear choice for inclusion in the prestigious Australian Indigenous Art Commission for the Musée du quai Branly in Paris, which opened last year.[3] Working on the Commission necessitated visits by the curatorial team to North-East Arnhem Land, sitting down with Gulumbu in her country and hearing her clan’s customary stories handed down to her by her father, senior Yolngu law man Mungurruwuy Yunupingu[4], then gaining formal approval from her for the adaptation of her work of art into a design embedded into the building fabric in Paris, a hundred times larger than the original.On one of these visits I was fortunate be with Yunupingu when she collected a raw hollow log, which subsequently became a magnificent larrakitj. I saw her spot the right tree from a moving troopie (troop carrier: the vehicle of choice in Arnhem Land), then watched in amazement as this grandmother, her feet planted firmly on her land, swung an axe with colossal strokes, felling the tree with a minimum of fuss. A bonus was discovering three squawking baby red-wing parrots at the bottom of the hollowed-out trunk, perhaps placed there for protection by their mother as a cyclone had recently swept through the region. Yunupingu’s finished larrakitj is now part of the national collection and is included in Culture Warriors.At the official Sydney launch of the Commission for the Musée du quai Branly in December 2005, Gulumbu’s eloquent speech brought many to tears as she stressed the importance for her to share her art and culture with the world for future generations to see, long after she is physically gone from this earth, her spirit taking its place with her ancestors in the night sky above.This is from my heart, to you, to share, for the whole world to understand my culture.