Coursework, Part 4: Environmental interventions, Project 3: Installation

Part 4, Project 3: Installation

Aim: An installation drawing positions the viewer in a completely different way to the way the viewer looks at work on a wall within a frame.  Graffiti artists are often inventive in the way they position their works to give an extra layer of meaning or power. Method: Make a drawing that relates to its environment in a way that creates an interesting dynamic between … Continue reading Part 4, Project 3: Installation

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Coursework, Part 4: Environmental interventions, Project 2: Interacting with the environment

Part 4, Project 2: Interacting with the Environment

Aim: Drawing in a favourite or inspiring place can be very rewarding, but a great deal of translation goes on – in terms of scale, for example, as well as the information from other senses than the visual which is harder to convey. Creating a site-specific artwork enables the artist to manipulate the participant’s experience of the actual environment, rather than presenting a simulacrum in … Continue reading Part 4, Project 2: Interacting with the Environment

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Coursework, Part 4: Environmental interventions, Project 1: Found images

Part 4, Project 1: Found images

Aim: The aim of this exercise is to open up your mind to new possibilities in terms of understanding what line can be. So often, nature does it better. This is your chance to go out and look at how drawings reflect life, and at life drawings in the observed world. Method: Look for natural processes that produce a drawing, for example the opening of … Continue reading Part 4, Project 1: Found images

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Coursework, Part 4: Environmental interventions, Research Points

Review: Bansky’s ‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’

According to the BBC News website (14/07/2020), a new artwork purportedly to be by Banksy, was removed from a London Underground train.  The artwork was titled ‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’ and featured his trademark rats wearing face masks.  He used the green colour of real facemasks to create the face masks and make his signature mark.  The idea behind the work … Continue reading Review: Bansky’s ‘If you don’t mask – you don’t get’

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