Year 9: Art & Design – Homework Booklet Controversial

Year 9: Art & Design – Homework Booklet Controversial Art

Student Name: ______

Form: ______Art & Design Teacher(s): ______

Plan for the Term

Task Homework Complete

Art 2 The Work of Damien Hirst 3 Da Vinci & Anatomy 4 For The Love of God 5 Banksy: I Want Change Controversial 6 Key Words & Definitions

Task 1: The Turner Prize

Visit the following website and answer the following questions based on the Turner Prize: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/turner-prize

1) In what year was the Turner Prize first awarded? So, how old is the Turner Prize? ______

2) The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist. How is “British” defined? ______

3) The Turner Prize is chosen by an independent panel of judges. What sort of people are on the judging panel? List at least three of their job roles. ______

4) Where does the name of the Turner Prize come from? ______

5) The Turner Prize can now be awarded to an artist of any age but between 1991 – 2016 the prize had an age limit of what age? ______

6) How much money is the winner of the Turner Prize given? ______

7) And how much money do the other shortlisted artists receive? ______

8) Name at least three of the celebrities that have presented the Turner Prize in previous years: ______Task 2: The Work of Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist whose work is often considered to be controversial, particularly his sculptures featuring, what were once, live animals.

1) Is Damien Hirst’s artwork controversial? What do you think? • Explain your answer below and aim to consider as many different sides of the argument as possible. ______

2) What sort of people/social groups/campaigners etc. might be offended by the work of Damien Hirst? • Explain your answer below. ______

3) If you could ask Damien Hirst only one question about his artwork what would it be? ______

Task 3: Da Vinci & Anatomy

Similar to Damien Hirst, Leonardo Da Vinci was interested in anatomy and, like Hirst, dissected bodies to find out more about how the skeleton worked etc.

One of Da Vinci’s sketches is detailed drawing of a human skull.

• In the space below draw the other half of Leonardo Da Vinci’s skull sketch.

• Use pencil and/or pen to add mark- making techniques or tonal values to your drawing to make the skull as realistic and as three-dimensional as possible.

Task 4: For The Love of God

Links can be made between Leonardo Da Vinci and Damien Hirst as they have both included skulls in their artwork. Watch the following short video on Damien Hirst’s artwork, The Love of God and answer the following questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tXIYBFbUjs

1) Damien Hirst says, “Every artwork that’s ever interested me is about….” what subject?

2) What expensive material did Damien Hirst cast the whole skull out of?

3) Where did the artwork’s title, For The Love of God, come from?

4) Write down some of the words that Damien Hirst uses to describe For The Love of God:

5) What are your opinions of Damien Hirst’s artwork, For The Love of God? Give reasons for your answer and write in detail. ______

Task 5: Banksy: I Want Change

The above stencil was created by the anonymous street-artist, Banksy.

The text reads: “Keep your coins. I want change.”

• What do you think Banksy’s artwork is about? Consider the issues his artwork tackles. • How successful do you think Banksy’s artwork is? Give reasons for your analysis: ______Task 6: Key words & definitions

Learn these key words and definitions:

controversial Something that causes great public outrage, dispute or debate. The Turner Prize An art-prize founded in 1984 that was designed to promote discussion about British art. anatomy A branch of biology which deals with the structure or organisms and living things. anonymous A person or thing that cannot be identified, something without an unknown name. graffiti Writings or drawings that are scribbled, scratched or sprayed on a wall or other surface in a public place. Banksy An anonymous England-based street artist and political activist. Damien Hirst An English artist who is, reportedly, the UK’s richest living artist.

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