Sunday, 23 August 2015
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:
· Polixeni Papapetrou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2015. Polixeni Papapetrou - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polixeni_Papapetrou. [Accessed 10 August 2015].
· Polixeni Papapetrou.
2015. Polixeni Papapetrou.
[ONLINE] Available at: http://www.polixenipapapetrou.net/. [Accessed 10 August
2015].
· Polixeni Papapetrou -
Stills Gallery. 2015. Polixeni
Papapetrou - Stills Gallery. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/papapetrou/. [Accessed 10 August
2015].
· Glenis Israel, 2008. Artwise Contemporary: Visual Arts
10-12. 2nd Revised edition Edition. Jacaranda Wiley, Australia.vvc
· Polixeni Papapetrou |
Art Blart. 2015. Polixeni
Papapetrou | Art Blart. [ONLINE] Available at: http://artblart.com/tag/polixeni-papapetrou/. [Accessed 10 August
2015].
End of Booklet
Photography
Oral Presentation Speech
Intro:
Polixeni Papapetrou isn’t a very common name. I’d say
there’s only one person in the world with it. But in the world of art she’s a
very commonly known photographer and artist. She’s known for her childhood
fantasy pictures. Creating a mythical creature that only a child could imagine
to be true. However this has landed her into some controversial topics on using
her daughter for her pictures. However she’s brushed it off, keeps doing her
own thing and is succeeding in the photography/ Art Industry.
Her
Life:
Polixeni Papapetrou was born here in Sydney, Australia in
1960, however her parents and her heritage are Greek. In 1984 she graduated
from Melbourne University with a degree in Law and Art. From ’85-2001 she was
lawyer and in 1987 she started taking photos, this is when she began her album
“Elvis Immortal” of which she only finished in 2002. Later in 1997 she
graduated with masters in Art and in 2007 graduated with a PHD. In all this
time she has created 16 Photo and Art Albums of which she won countless awards
adding to her success in the Artist Industry.
World
and Audience:
Her whole life Miss Papapetrou has been a “Lone Wolf” which
means she hasn’t belonged to any groups or hasn’t really been directly
influenced by any one single artist motion. She has created her own motion, her
own genre of art and photography. She has started her own and she has been
recognised for it. However as I said before it hasn’t been smooth sailing for
her on this journey of creating her own image. She has had a lot of controversy
for her methods and her way of using her daughter in her fantasy photos. But
she has managed to prosper and be an inspiration to many up and coming artists
who may be facing controversy.
Conceptual
Frames
All of Papapetrou’s photos have a certain frame that they
correspond with. Whether it be Structural, Subjective, Cultural or Postmodern.
For example her Magma Man. Was a great frame use of the structural frame
as she has devided the photo into thirds and used the golden section to
draw our focus into the Ghillie suit and then back out to the actual magma
structures. This lets us take in the whole picture which allows us to
understand more about it, the way she wanted us to see it.
In The Hanging Rock #3, the
Subjective frame work is in play as the children in the photo look blank and
maybe even possessed. She is making us think about the children and what they
are doing and the positions that they are in. She wants us to relate back to
our own emotions and compare them to the kids and try understand for ourselves
what’s happening. 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.
Her Cultural Framed Art work
is of course her “Elvis Impersonator” as we can see how much Elvis had an
impact on the world, this fan and on Miss Papapetrou. This photo really tells
us how he has created a legacy and how so many people respected him even after
his death. This photo shows how Elvis created a culture, through the cultural
frame of this picture.
And finally an example of the
postmodern frame is probably one of the most controversial photos of the photographers’ collection: “The
Loners”. This is in the postmodern frame as it is one of her most commonly
known photos. This how she got even further in her carrier as this photo was
morally questioned however Miss Papaptrou managed to block out the haters and
succeed far beyond her initial goal. This is how she created her own genre!
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