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2009 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N Visual Arts Art criticism and art history Total marks 50 S ection I General Instructions Reading time 5 minutes 1 Working time 1 hours 2 Write using black or blue pen Pages 2 7 25 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 45 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 8 10 25 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 2 10 Allow about 45 minutes for this section 264 Section I 25 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Allow about 10 minutes for Question 1 (a) Allow about 15 minutes for Question 1 (b) Allow about 20 minutes for Question 1 (c) Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. Commence each part on a new page. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: write in a concise and well-reasoned way present an informed point of view use the plates and any other source material provided to inform your response 2 Question 1 (25 marks) (a) How does Lewis Hine s photograph, Steamfitter, 1920 represent social attitudes to progress? Awaiting Copyright Plate 1: Lewis Hine, 1874 1940, USA. Steamfitter, 1920 Gelatin silver print, 24.2 cm 17.8 cm. Question 1 continues on page 4 3 5 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: write in a concise and well-reasoned way present an informed point of view use the plates and any other source material provided to inform your response Question 1 (continued) (b) Shahzia Sikander was born in 1969 in Lahore, Pakistan. She has achieved international recognition for her artistic practice. In 2007 her artwork Transformation as Narrative was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. 8 Explain how Shahzia Sikander uses different procedures in the production and exhibition of her artwork Transformation as Narrative. Awaiting Copyright Plate 2: A selection of Sikander s preliminary drawings, photographs and reference material. Shahzia Sikander carries a camera with her daily, documenting her observations which are frequently incorporated into her work in some shape or form. Exhibition curator Rachel Kent Question 1 continues on page 5 4 Question 1 (continued) Awaiting Copyright Plate 3: Gallery technicians assisting with the preparation of Sikander s artwork Transformation as Narrative, 2007 for exhibition in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Awaiting Copyright Plate 4: Shahzia Sikander working on Transformation as Narrative, 2007 in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Acrylic on wall, wall dimensions 686 cm 1164 cm. Question 1 continues on page 6 5 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: write in a concise and well-reasoned way present an informed point of view use the plates and any other source material provided to inform your response Question 1 (continued) (c) Write an interpretation of Chiaru Shiota s installation Dialogue from DNA, 2004. In your response, explain the relationships between Shiota and other artworld agencies. Awaiting Copyright Plate 5: Chiaru Shiota, b. 1972, Japan. Living in Germany. Dialogue from DNA, 2004 Manggha, Centre of Japanese Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland. Shoes, wool, yarn, paper. Variable dimensions. Question 1 continues on page 7 6 12 Question 1 (continued) The shoes were collected in Krakow and Warsaw from people who didn t want to use them anymore. The people were asked to write a story about their shoes, a memory. All in all 450 pairs were collected and shown at Manggha 2004. Extract from www.chiharu-shiota.com Awaiting Copyright Plate 6: Photograph of audience members reading a story accompanying one of the shoes in Dialogue from DNA, 2004. End of Question 1 7 Section II 25 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 2 10 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: present a well-reasoned and informed point of view apply your understandings of the different aspects of content as appropriate (Practice, Conceptual Framework, and the Frames) use relevant examples Practice Question 2 (25 marks) How are artists practices shaped by the innovations of other artists? In your discussion of specific examples consider: materials and techniques beliefs and theories. OR Question 3 (25 marks) Explain how exhibition sites affect the intentions of artists you have studied. Sites you could consider include: museums open spaces virtual spaces galleries community spaces OR Question 4 (25 marks) Awaiting Copyright Argue a case for or against this view. Refer to artists and their bodies of work in your answer. OR 8 Conceptual Framework Question 5 (25 marks) Art philosopher Maxine Greene states that through art people must be empowered to notice what there is to be noticed . Reprinted by permission of the Publisher. From Maxine Greene, Variations on Blue Guitar, The Lincoln Centre Institute Lectures on Aesthetic Education, New York: Teachers College Press. by Teachers College Press, Columbia University. All rights reserved. With reference to this view, explain how artists raise awareness of issues in the world. Question 6 (25 marks) OR Awaiting Copyright Discuss this statement. In your discussion, consider how audience interpretations of artworks have caused debates in the artworld. OR Question 7 (25 marks) Explain the significance of art awards, prizes and/or commissions to artists success in the artworld. In your answer you could consider practitioners including artists, designers and architects. OR Please turn over 9 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: present a well-reasoned and informed point of view apply your understandings of the different aspects of content as appropriate (Practice, Conceptual Framework, and the Frames) use relevant examples Frames Question 8 (25 marks) Why is an active imagination crucial to the creation of artworks and the interpretation of their expressive meaning? In your answer refer to artists and their work. OR Question 9 (25 marks) In his book Art and Outrage, John A Walker proposes that artworks are often playful experiments designed to challenge institutions and test the limits of tolerance . Using the postmodern frame, present an argument referring to artists and artworks to support this view. OR Question 10 (25 marks) Art is, for the artist, his speech, his way of communication. Bernard Smith, art historian, 1959. The Death of the Artist as Hero by Bernard Smith, 1988, Oxford University Press Australia With reference to this view, explain how art critics and art historians have interpreted the languages of artists. End of paper 10 BLANK PAGE 11 BLANK PAGE 12 Board of Studies NSW 2009

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