Post on 17-Jan-2016
What is Art?What is Art?
How do we judge art?How do we judge art?
• Monetary Value
• Personal Opinion
• The Opinion of Experts
• On Technical Accuracy
• On the works ability to shock
• On the works ability to make the observer question
Monetary ValueMonetary Value
• The next slides show the 10 most expensive paintings sold in the last 20 years.
The Card PlayersThe Card Players
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Price tag: $259,000,000
Purchased: Royal Family of Qatar (April 2011)
No. 5, 1948No. 5, 1948
Artist: Jackson Pollock
Price tag: $140,000,000
Purchased: Sotheby's, New York (November 2006)
Woman IIIWoman III
Artist: Willem de Kooning
Price tag: $137,500,000
Purchased: Steven A. Cohen (November 2006)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer IPortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Price tag: $135,000,000
Purchased: Neue Galerie(June 2006)
The Scream (Skrik) IVThe Scream (Skrik) IV
Artist: Edvard Munch
Price tag:$119,922,600
Purchased: Leon Black (May 2012)
. . Nude, Green Leaves & Bust
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Price tag: $106,500,000
Purchased: Christie's, New York (May 2010)
Garçon à la pipeGarçon à la pipe
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Price tag: $104,168,000
Purchased: Guido Barilla (May 2004)
Eight ElvisesEight Elvises
Artist: Andy Warhol
Price tag: $100,000,000
Purchased: Philippe Ségalot (2009)
Dora Maar au ChatDora Maar au Chat
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Price tag: $95,200,000
Purchased: Boris Ivanishvili (May, 2006)
Adele Bloch-Bauer IIAdele Bloch-Bauer II
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Price tag: $87,900,000
Purchased: Christie's, New York (November, 2006)
Personal OpinionPersonal Opinion
• Is this art?• Describe the art –
line, shape, colour, texture, space
• What is the media?
Callalilyby Anna Claire
AnalysisAnalysis
• Consider the quality of the size, shape, colour and texture of the art
• Does it show movement, unity and contrast?
Rainbow by Chi Chi
Interpretation and JudgementInterpretation and Judgement
• How creative and rewarding is the work?
• What is the artist trying to say?
• Why were certain colours used?
• Why was it created?• What is your final
judgement?• Remember judgements can
be positive or negative but must be supported with stated reason
Bailey – Dreams of a Rainforest
The Artists The Artists
Jungle Friends - Primate Sanctuaryand Rehabilitation – Fund raising initiative
Pollack – Pollack
To Shock?To Shock?
Emin – Unmade Bed
Constable – Flatford Mill
Millais – Ophelia
Unknown Artist – Tattoo
Von Hagens – Human Head
Von Hagens – Cowboy
Warhol – Campbell’s Soup Can
Warhol – Marilyn Monroe
Britney Spears – Oops Album Cover
Beatles – Sgt. Peppers Album Cover
Hinrichs – Breaking Heart
Unknown Artist - Manga
Installation artist Simon Starling, winner of Installation artist Simon Starling, winner of this year's £25,000 Turner Prize, recycles this year's £25,000 Turner Prize, recycles
objects by reframing and reforming them.objects by reframing and reforming them.
• Simon Starling is fascinated by the processes involved in transforming one object or substance into another. He makes objects, installations, and pilgrimage-like journeys which draw out an array of ideas About nature, technology and economics. Starling describes his work as ‘the physical manifestation of a thought process’, revealing hidden histories and relationships.
Art and me..Art and me..
• Why is art important to me?• Where does art, design and image
appear in my life?• What does art provide for me in my life?• What areas of art do I enjoy?• What areas of art do I dislike?• Do you believe that we should all have
an art?