Private Places Public Spaces This is your new unit title. You will be assessed for this work, therefore you must complete your works in your sketchbook, as neatly, and as beautifully as possible. Make sure each page is correctly labeled and its easy to see how your ideas are organised. If you have any questions about this work, you can email me: Sam@heathfield.in.th

Public Art Public art means any artwork that is outside the gallery. WE are the audience, we see art work in public all the time. We need artists to help us think or remember things. On the next page you will see a list of words. Each word is a reason why we need to see artwork in public.

Art can help us: To engage our young To memorialize To address problems To save communities To Beautify To alert us to real world issues To make us smile To help us remember to help us mourn To teach us lessons

Examples of public art… On the following slides you will see pictures of public art from around the world. Print out the examples. In your sketchbook, pick which label you think goes best with each picture. Write a sentence explaining why. If you don’t understand any of the words, use an online dictionary and thesaurus to help you. I have completed the first picture for you as an example.

To Memorialize You all know what this is, that’s why I used it as your example. Remember, if you don’t know the word ‘memorialize’ look it up! I think that this piece of public art helps us to memorialize. I think this because it shows soldiers who look brave and heroic, and because this place is called Victory monument, I think it shows a famous battle that Thai soldiers won. This helps us remember the victory, and the people who died.

This is a swimming pool mural designed by the artist Keith Haring

What do you think these hands represent?

‘Crack’ is a drug that has caused a lot of social problems in America ‘Crack’ is a drug that has caused a lot of social problems in America. ‘Wack’ is a word that means rubbish. (for bonus points can you name the artist?)

This was a big idea. The artist wrapped the German parliament building in giant sheets. Why would anyone do that?

This is a piece of street art by Banksy. Who is sitting in the doorway?

This was a giant poster showing two famous politicians in Russia, they aren’t really kissing. The artist just made them kiss. Why would he do that? What happened to your face when you saw this picture?

This piece of Art is so we don’t forget the holocaust, which you will have studied in History. It shows the inside of a library with all the books facing inwards. What do you think each book could represent?

This is some graffiti that is on the street in Los Angeles This is some graffiti that is on the street in Los Angeles. Think about the words Rest in Power…what do they remind you of?

this is from a sculpture park in the north of England this is from a sculpture park in the north of England. All the sculptures are by an artist called Henry Moore.

What is the name of this famous statue in Rio, Brazil What is the name of this famous statue in Rio, Brazil? The people in Brazil are very religious. Whenever they look up, they can see this statue. What do you think this statue can do?

Practical Task 1 A symbol is a picture that represents something. Think about all the things that you believe in. Write a list of them. Pick one of those things, and design a symbol that represents your belief. To help you, find, print and stick the symbols for the following words : Danger, Love, Power, Peace.

Different cultures Different cultures represented their spiritual, cultural and social beliefs, in different ways, using public art. Look at the two different cultures in the next slides. Print examples of the one that you choose, from this PPT.

Ancient Greece Greece was one of the most powerful ancient civilizations. Their architecture shows the power of their democratic society. Using Google look at some more examples of Ancient Greek art and architecture. Greeks believed that their Gods had human form, so that there was no difference in the way man and God looked. They were interested in making people look as physically perfect as possible. There are a lot of Ancient Greek myths that have influenced their public art, such as the snake haired woman, Medusa.

Egyptian Art Egyptians made public art that expressed their beliefs in Gods and in life and death. They saw death as being a journey to the next life, and most of their art work reflects this. Use the internet to look at more examples and explanations behind their incredible artwork.

You have been chosen to… Create a piece of public art by the ancient government of either Greece or Egypt (you can choose!) Your work will be for the very centre of the town, so everybody in your community will see it at least once or twice a day. Whichever culture you choose, your artwork must be about one of the following things: Offering protection and good health, Good luck for this years crops or remembering the victims of a horrible disease.

Practical task 2 : You must.. Collect images that will help you get some good ideas. Look at the patterns, colours, styles, themes and materials that your culture uses. Mind map. You must do 1 page of sketches, that explore your ideas. You must do one full colour page that shows your design. Lots of detail…remember that this work is assessed. If you are doing something 3-d, please include top,side views if necessary.