Art

Question 1

Define: Self-portrait:

Answer 1

A self-portrait is a portrait an artist makes using himself or herself as the subject, typically it is drawn or painted from a reflection in a mirror.

Question 2

Define: Functions of the self-portrait

Answer 2

Signatures of style, advertisements of skill, experiments in technique or expression, self-revelation

Question 3

Define: Existential

Answer 3

Relations to human existence and human experience

Question 4

Define: Imbued

Answer 4

To infuse

Question 5

Define: Bohemians

Answer 5

A person (such as a writer or an artist) living an alternative life

Question 6

Define: Reconciliation

Answer 6

Act of resolution between the two groups

Question 7

Define: Figurative

Answer 7

Representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way

Question 8

Define: Interwoven

Answer 8

interconnected

Question 9

Define: Mythical

Answer 9

Imaginary

Question 10

Define: Inimitable

Answer 10

Something that is not able to be imitated

Question 11

Define: Transparency

Answer 11

A picture viewed by light shining through it or by projection

Question 12

Define: Illusory

Answer 12

Implies a false impression - somewhat deceptive or unreal

Question 13

Define: Technologies that influenced the self-portrait

Answer 13

The mirror, Oil paint, SLR Camera, Photoshop

Question 14

Define: Subjectivity

Answer 14

Expressions of the individuality and personal experiences and perceptions of an artist

Question 15

Define: Controversy

Answer 15

A dispute where there is strong disagreement

Question 16

Define: Figurative

Answer 16

Representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way

Question 17

Define: Benefactor

Answer 17

A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

Question 18

What’s the Archibald Prize awarding?

Answer 18

The best portrait of a distinguished Australian each year by an Australian painter

Question 19

When should the artist complete their work for the Archibald Prize?

Answer 19

12 months prior to submission

Question 20

Who are the entries of the Archibald Prize judged by?

Answer 20

The Trustees of the Gallery

Question 21

How much does the winner receive?

Answer 21

$100,000

Question 22

What are the two other prizes awarded with the Archibald Prize?

Answer 22

People’s Choice Award & Packing room

Question 23

How much is the People’s Choice Award?

Answer 23

$3500

Question 24

How much is the Packing room?

Answer 24

$1500

Question 25

What is the focus work for Craig Ruddy?

Answer 25

David Gulpilil, Two Worlds

Question 26

What media did he use?

Answer 26

Mixed media (charcoal & graphite) on wallpaper

Question 27

What is the meaning of the painting 'David Gulpilil, Two Worlds'

Answer 27

"David is a man who crosses the lines that still divide two contrasting worlds" (something like this)

Question 28

When was the artwork 'David Gulpilil, Two Worlds' made?

Answer 28

2004

Question 29

What are the two other works by Craig Ruddy?

Answer 29

The Prince of Darkness - Warwick & Cathy Freeman, plaster on canvas

Question 30

What is Craig Ruddy also a winner of? In what year?

Answer 30

People's Choice award - 2010

Question 31

What is the Wynne Prize awarded for?

Answer 31

best landscape painting of Australian scenery or for the best example of figure sculpture

Question 32

How much do you get for the Wynne Prize?

Answer 32

$50,000 for the winner

Question 33

Where is it held?

Answer 33

Art gallery of NSW

Question 34

Define: Bequest

Answer 34

A money donation given to fund the award

Question 35

Who is it judged by?

Answer 35

The Trustees of the AGNSW

Question 36

What are the other prizes awarded with the Wynne Prize?

Answer 36

Trustees watercolour Prize, Pring Memorial Prize, Roberst’s family Prize

Question 37

How much do you get for Trustees watercolour Prize?

Answer 37

$5000

Question 38

How much do you get for the Pring Memorial Prize?

Answer 38

$1000

Question 39

How much do you get for the Roberst's family Prize?

Answer 39

$10,000

Question 40

What can the works be for the Wynne Prize?

Answer 40

Multi-panel, seascapes and cityscapes

Question 41

What can the landscapes be done in?

Answer 41

Oils, watercolour, acrylic or mixed media

Question 42

When was Imants Tillers born?

Answer 42

1950

Question 43

What did Imants Tillers start? In what year?

Answer 43

Method painting in 1981

Question 44

Define: Appropriation

Answer 44

'Borrowing' of images by other artists/to take from another source

Question 45

Define: Non-linear

Answer 45

A process in which one thing does not clearly link or directly follow from another

Question 46

What has become a dominant theme of Tillers' works?

Answer 46

Landscape

Question 47

Which two artists did Tillers' look to for inspiration to create this work?

Answer 47

Von Guerard and Fred Williams

Question 48

Why was Tillers' attracted to the waterfall?

Answer 48

Because a waterfall is always changing but still somehow look the same

Question 49

What did Tillers' see the waterfall as a metaphor for?

Answer 49

Compare waterfall to the fleetingness of human life (short life)

Question 50

What helps convey the narrative in Tillers' works?

Answer 50

The text in his work creates meaning or narrative

Question 51

Which TWO other contemporary artists influenced Tillers' practice?

Answer 51

Fred Williams and Colin McCahon

Question 52

Define: Cultural Frame

Answer 52

Examined in terms of the values and beliefs that influenced the artwork. How time, place and certain events shape artwork

Question 53

Where did Lena Yarinkura come from?

Answer 53

Arnhem land

Question 54

Define: Contemporary

Answer 54

The art of today

Question 55

Who did Lena Yarinkura learn to weave from?

Answer 55

Her mother

Question 56

What does Lena Yarinkura's work illustrate?

Answer 56

Her ancestral creation and bush stories

Question 57

Define: Secular

Answer 57

Non-reglious

Question 58

What does Lena Yarinkur use for her works?

Answer 58

Local bush-dyed pandanus - weaves, forms/bodies filled - paperbark, woven/wooden limbs - attached and decorated

Question 59

What techniques does Lena Yarinkura use to weave?

Answer 59

Twined technique

Question 60

What is usually Lena Yarinkura's sculptures?

Answer 60

Important local animals

Question 61

Where does Yvonne Koolmatrie live?

Answer 61

Banks of Murray river, Southern Australia

Question 62

Who did Yvonne Koolmatrie learn to weave from?

Answer 62

Her aunt Dorthy