This document outlines approaches to researching contemporary art techniques, emphasizing the importance of planning and connecting personal narratives with the audience. It highlights the need for artists to explore various methods and gather knowledge to refine their artistic processes through brainstorming, researching, and formulating a solid plan of action. Ultimately, it aims to foster independence and a deeper understanding of artistic practices in students.

1. MODULE 6
Approaches in
Researching
Contemporary Art
Techniques and
Practices

2. More often than not, contemporary artists rely
on planning every step of their way to achieve
desirable outputs. Concerned with the result of their
efforts,they always try to connect their stories and
experiences to the viewers and observers in all
possible means.They also explore great deals from
art supplies and distributors to satisfy their
creativity. In the same way, there are those who are
willing to learn new art processes, techniques
practices, and styles just to establish their own self-
identification in the world of art.

3. • For an artist to give blow of his/her craft, he/she
must know how to develop and select potential approaches
in ensuring technique appropriateness in his/her state of the
art.This aspect is vital in the course of creating systematic
and concise plans in developing socially engaged but
indigenous-friendly art expressions. Significantly, this module
will help you generate effective approaches in selecting
potential techniques for targeted artworks. Student like you
will acquire deeper understanding and appreciation of many
different approaches that can be employed in any chosen art
activity. In the same way, this lesson will aid you, in the long
run, to be independent in refining your artistic work.

8. •
The sense of “artistic knowing” is the heart of integrative art-
based processes. In order to gain understanding on an artist’s
work, one must be knowledgeable on how does his/her outputs
reveal meaning, unravel message, and establish communication.
As such, art-based researches are utilized to examine experiences
that are essential in developing understanding on certain art-
related phenomena. However, this matter is only an obvious
concern for those researchers who use art as means of scientific
enquiry. And, not to give light on the act of researching about art
technique approaches, and processes. Simply put, our focus in
this module will be on the “HOWs” of investigating about
contemporary art techniques and performance practices.

9. Typical
Approaches
in Accomplishing
Art Tasks

10. Brainstorming
-In order to generate ideas on what to do
and how to accomplish an artwork, one must
know how to brainstorm. This step is
effective in looking for central ideas that will
most likely boost interest on the matter at
hand. It will also provide direction for art
making since this will kindly flexible thinking.

12. Researching about the task given
-Research fuels exploration. The more
you explore, the more ideas you will
gather. This is best for an artist to clarify
what he/she really wants to accomplish.
Thus, it simplifies choices and helps
achieve proper understanding about the
given task.

14. Deciding on what idea to
materialize
-After gathering all inputs from
brainstorming and researching, one must
have arrived to his/her final choice. On
this step, the artist must have acquired
enough background or information
about his/her target output.

15. Creating a plan of action
According to Benjamin Franklin, “If you
fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This solidifies
one’s stand on planning for any task in
contemporary arts. One way to reach success
and achieve your goal is to create a solid plan
of action. Likewise, a clear criteria and
technique will empower one’s determination
to accomplish the task.

16. Making the task
-Finally, this step is the “doing” part.
The artist can now materialize the plan that
he/she has created. From the final idea to the
final plan, he/she must strictly follow what
he/she has set to do. Appropriate techniques,
materials, styles, and other art elements
must be applied as part of the art making
process

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