Year 10 PHOTOGRAPHY
INFLUENTIAL ARTIST CASE STUDY BOOKLET
TERM THREE 2015
Students
Name: Calvin Camacho
Artists
Name: Polixeni Papapetrou
Teachers
Name: Mrs Hogan
SECTION 1:
Basic
Details about your Artist:
a)
Date of Birth: November 21, 1960 (age 54)
Melbourne
b)
Nationality: From a Greek immigrant family, but born in Australian
c)
Education: Monash University
d) PRACTICE
– World
1960 Born in Melbourne, Australia
1985-2001 Worked as a
lawyer
1987 Began taking
photos
1987-2002 “Elvis
Immortal”
1997 Graduated with
Masters in Art from RMIT University
2006 “Haunted Country”
2007 PhD from Monash
University
2009 Josephine Ulrick &
Win Schubert Photography Award
2009-2012 “Between
Worlds”
2013 “The Ghillies”
2014 “Lost Psche”
2015 Windsor Art Prize
SECTION 2:
CRITICAL INTERPRETATIONS
Artist/Artwork/Audience
Research and photocopy or print examples of
CRITICAL writings about your artist’s work.
Make sure you source your material accurately. Also make sure that you
acknowledge the correct author.
a) Stick
in at least one examples of CRITICAL writing in the space provided below.
Acknowledge who made the quote and include the location of the quote in your
Bibliography.
b) Write a
short paragraph explaining the significance of this quote. (What does this
quote tell you about the artist and the way they work? Does it give you an
insight into how audiences react to the artists work?)
This quote I
extracted from an article done on Miss Papapetrou by “Art Blart” blog was
chosen by me because I feel it represents her as an artist, and it represents
her photographs as well as her paintings. Her photos are very unique and crazy.
Instead of taking the mainstream photos of cities, lights and landscapes she
does her own thing and “creates her own language” by her photo albums. Each
album is different in content by follow the same trend of crazy and it clearly
shows to the audience on how indie they are.
Concepts/Theories (Artist/Artwork/World)
c) What
concepts and theories are present in your chosen artists work? Consider things
like social/cultural issues, politics, and the environment.
Papapetrou’s photos have
developed lots of different concepts and theories created by what the art
actually is and how it is actually portrayed and what people’s perception are
of the art work. Her concept for her art work is her love for fantasy and her
childhood. She wants to show the imagination she had as a child growng up and
show the imiaginaton her daughter has and how she can see it in her life today.
She wants to create her own little story of fantasy freedom and she does this
in her albums of photos where there are lots of these crazy photos
demonstrating the fantasy freedom she has experienced. She wants to create an
enchanted wonderland of her childhood memories of exploring and dreaming.
SECTION 4:
ARTWORKS
a)
Locate 4 images by the artist that you
find inspiring. They could be photographs or film stills. Cut and paste them
into the 4 boxes below. Make sure you include the title, date and medium
(citation). These images should reflect the concepts and theories you mentioned
in the previous section.
“The Loners, Between Worlds” 2009 105 x 105
“Magma Man, Ghillies” 2009 120 x120
“Hanging
Rock 1900 #3, Haunted Country” 2006 105 x 105
“Mark Elvis Impersonator paying his respects at the Elvis
Memorial Melbourne, Elvis Immortal” 1992 100 x 100
SECTION 5
The Frames:
Considering
the images included select one image to answer each of the four questions
below. Each question should consider a different image. By the end of the
Questions,
you will have discussed ALL FOUR images.
Eg,
A) Discusses Image 2. B) Discusses image 3 etc….
Subjective Frame
a)
Title of work: “Hanging
Rock 1900 #3, Haunted Country” 2006 105 x 105
Using descriptive language and examples, explain
what you believe this artwork is about.
HINT! Avoid writing in the first person. Don’t write “I
believe the artwork is about……” Write “The artwork is about….”
In this artwork the photographer is showing us
the Subjective frame work aspect as the children in the photo look blank. She
is making us think about the children and what they are doing and the positions
that they are in. With the children’s positions/ stances we are made to believe
that the kids are exploring and playing hide and seek. They are letting their
imagination run wild in the terrain and being free. They are letting their fantasies
explore the new area. This is exactly what the photographer is all about.
Letting your imagination go.
Structural
Frame
b) Title of
artwork: “Magma Man, Ghillies” 2009
120 x120
Discuss how
the artist has used compositional qualities such as The Elements of Design and
Rule of Thirds in this artwork.
In this piece of art the structural frame is the
key frame that we look at. This is due to the design of the photo. In the
background we have the large rocks, in the foreground/ midground we have the camouflaged
person under the ghillie suit making another large rock. I in particular love
this photo as it shows that you can make up your own photo with just a few
props. It shows you that you can structure your own photos and its done in a
very fun way. Papaptrou has used the rule of thirds in this aswell, balancing
the photo for us visually. The first third is where the ghillie suit model is
standing. The second is the rocks and the last third is the sky. This technique
makes it a very structural piece, whilst not directly displaying in with
straight line but instead it has the general third in it.
Cultural
Frame
C) Title of Artwork: Mark Elvis Impersonator paying
his respects at the Elvis Memorial Melbourne, Elvis Immortal” 1992 100 x 100
How have
cultural events during the life of the artist impacted on the artists choice of
subject matter in this artwork.
HINT! Events
could include world issues relating to gender,
sexuality, politics, economics, industry, environment, consumerism or
war.
In
Papaptrou’s “Elvis Immortal” it shows her love for music and Elvis himself. It
shows how much, culture he brought to the world, in the album we see many
photos of many people of many different cultures, nationalities, personalities
come to see “the kings” resting place. And there to document these people and
their love for Elvis was Papaptrou. She wanted to show how much of an effect
this man had on the world and she managed to document a great piece of art
while she was at it. This photo in particular shows how his spirit lives on his
listeners and beloved fans. An interesting photo from a very interesting album.
Post Modern
Frame
d) Title of artwork: “The
Loners, Between Worlds” 2009 105 x 105
Identify what technology has been used to
create this artwork and discuss how the artist has used it to create a
meaningful artwork.
This photo displays that craziness that makes
Papaptrou’s photos truly different and seperates it from the rest and she has
started her own trend of these fantasy life photos. She has been quoted for not
using any technology for her photos, such as photoshop and other enhanced
digital media’s on her photos as she wants to create her photos by herself and
doesn’t find it nessesary to use them so all of the colours, lighting and all
of the vivid imaging is done by props and her camera. She wants to create this
new fantasy genre on her own, in a real life environment yet keeping the feel
of it being enchanted and magical at the same time. She wants to create the
feeling that you could stumble upon one of her photos in real life. This new
genre she has created is very different to the norm and past/ present concepts
of what photographers are capturing at the moment. She is disregarding the
traditions of having a nice scenic view of a hill side by the ocean by putting
in these rabbit- human characters.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
· Glenis Israel, 2008. Artwise Contemporary: Visual Arts
10-12. 2nd Revised edition Edition. Jacaranda Wiley, Australia.vvc
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