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Past HSC Art Questions Stockpile: Section II
Well I just copied these direct from my teachers.... so yeah a stockpile of questions if you wish to practice things, pfft when you can prepare an essay and format it... but anyway... feel free to correct anything, I may have mistaken some questions for other frames, I hate writing about art under exam conditions
Ciao,
Lanelle, Class of 2006
Practice
PAST HSC QUESTIONS 2001 - 2005
Conceptual Framework
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Well I just copied these direct from my teachers.... so yeah a stockpile of questions if you wish to practice things, pfft when you can prepare an essay and format it... but anyway... feel free to correct anything, I may have mistaken some questions for other frames, I hate writing about art under exam conditions
Ciao,
Lanelle, Class of 2006
Practice
PAST HSC QUESTIONS 2001 - 2005
- Technological advances have transformed the practices of artists. Discuss this statement.
- How is interpretation emphasised in the practice of art critics and art historians
- Discuss how modernity has influenced the practice of artists and/or art critics and/or art historians
- Discuss how the practices of architects and/or designers are shaped by material and conceptual choices
- Assess the effect of time on the practice of artists
- Art critics and art historians create myths and generate debates. Do you agree or disagree. Give reasons for your views.
- Unforseen events are often responsible for the new directions that artists take. Evaluate this view in relation to practitioners you have studied.
- Examine the ways different accounts of practice build our understanding of what artists do. Refer to specific examples which could include curatorial essays, exhibition reviews, documentaries, interviews and publications.
- Discuss how characteristic aspects of practice enable artists to be identified as members of particular groups, styles or movements in the art world
- Explain how artistic conventions shape artists’ practice
- Art historian Michael Baxandall argues that: ‘A fifteenth century painting is the deposit of a social relationship. On the one side there was a painter who made the picture or at least supervised its making. On the other side there was somebody else who asked him to make it’. Discuss the significance of social relationships to the practice of architects/designers and or other practitioners.
- Compare and contrast bodies of work by two artists you have studied. In your discussion, address the significance of intentions to their practice.
- Examine how popular perceptions of the artist as hero, eccentric or misfit influence artistic practice.
- Explain how artists’ knowledge and use of materials have determined the outcome of their practice.
- ‘Exhibitions manage your emotions’
(Griselda Pollock, Art Historian).
Discuss this statement using examples from exhibitions and/or collections you have studied.
- Frames
PAST HSC QUESTIONS 2001 - 2005 - Subjective: How does art communication as a system of signs and symbols?
What are the limitations to this view of art? - Structural & Post Modern: Why is appropriation a significant issue in the visual arts?
- Cultural: Explain the ways in which social identity is addressed in the work of artists
- Structural & Subjective: ‘The making of art is an intuitive act rather than a planned process’.
Evaluate this statement. - Cultural: Evaluate the view that art reflects the social values of a particular time and place
- Post Modern: How does Postmodern point of view challenge the idea of art as unique and precious?
- Post Modern: ‘What I like so much about contemporary art is its ambiguity, its uncertainty. It is precisely this quality that engages and unsettles us’. How does this view challenge traditional ideas about art? Discuss particular examples of artworks to support your argument
- Cultural & Structural:Evaluate the ways different artists represent ideas and interests in the world through the development of a visual language
- Subjective: ‘The great artist retains an ever-renewing sense of discovery and expresses that feeling to his or her audience.’ – John McDonald, Art Critic. Do you agree or disagree with John McDonald? Present your point of view using evidence, including artists and their works.
- Post Modern & Structural: Discuss the significance of irony and humour to Postmodern practice.
- Subjective: You have been asked to curate an exhibition called ‘Experience and memory’. Use the subjective frame to explain your choice of artists and their works.
- Cultural: ‘It is wishful thinking to suppose that all we see art in the same way; contexts change and so do our perceptions’ – Allan Krell, Art Historian [Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life, 1996]. Account for the ways beliefs and attitudes shape our perceptions of the art of the past.
- Cultural: Cultural identity is constructed and challenged by stereotypes. Evaluate this statement referring to artists and/or designers and/or filmmakers and/or other practitioners.
- Subjective: Explain how the understanding of the audience can differ from the intentions of the artist
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Conceptual Framework
PAST HSC QUESTIONS 2001 - 2005
- World: Artists interpretations of the world are constrained by their time and place
- Audience: Interactive and virtual works challenge our understanding of what art is.
- Artists & Artworks: Evaluate the importance of artists’ intentions in the production and meaning of artworks
- Audience & World: As the audience changes, so too does the meaning of artists’ works. Argue a case for or against this statement.
- World: Explain how a particular view of the world is represented in an exhibition you have seen or read about
- Artists & Art: Explain how contemporary art has shaped our understanding of the different roles of artists.
- Audience & Artists: Examine the significance of relationships between curators, artists and the public to the popularity of exhibitions.
- Artworks & World: Assess the importance of time and place to interpretations of works such as installations, happenings and site-specific works.
- Audience & Artists: Artists deliberately set out to provoke audience reactions. Argue a case both for and against this statement
- Audience & Artworks: Why do contemporary artworks make particular demands on audiences?
- World & Artists: Consider the following view ‘Artists often say what would otherwise remain unsaid’. Discuss this view using examples of artists whose functional role is to challenge mainstream values.
- Audience & World: Evaluate the contribution of an art critic or art historian to the formation of a particular style or movement. In your answer, consider the role and function of art world agencies
- Artist and World: ‘The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see’ – Edgar Degas, 1834 - 1917. Examine how artists represent their world.
- Artists: Artists are no longer the makers of their art but have become managers and coordinators. Argue a case for or against this statement using artists, and/or architects and/or designers and/or filmmakers.
- Audiences & World: Analyse the role of audiences in the changing reputation and significance of artists and their works over time. In your answer you could consider audience to include the public, critics and/or historians, patrons, sponsors and curators.
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