Art in Context

A visual artS and art history education resource for secondary teachers, inspired by Bill Culbert’s 2013 Venice Biennale exhibition, Front Door Out Back

Helen Lloyd, Senior Educator Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Education Programme Manager for Creative New Zealand (2013)

© Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Creative New Zealand, 2013 Contents Background

About this resource ...... 3 The Venice Biennale ...... 4 Venice – the city ...... 4 Bill Culbert ...... 5 Front Door Out Back ...... 5 Studying art in context ...... 6 Curriculum links ...... 7 Useful books ...... 7 Useful websites ...... 7

Resources

Part 1: Front Door Out Back analysis cards Drop ...... 8 Bebop ...... 10 Strait ...... 12 Walk Reflection and Walk Blue ...... 14 Daylight Flotsam Venice ...... 16 Level ...... 18 HUT, Made in Christchurch ...... 20 Where are the other two? ...... 22 Part 2: Wellington waterfront sculpture trail Map ...... 24 Contextual information ...... 25–46 Part 3: Student question cards and worksheets Question card 1: Describe and interpret a sculpture ...... 47 Worksheet 1: Describe and interpret a sculpture ...... 48 Question card 2: Analyse a sculpture’s context ...... 49 Worksheet 2: Analyse a sculpture’s context ...... 50 Worksheet 3: Compare and contrast two sculptures similarities ...... 51 differences ...... 52 Part 4: Visual arts project Project brief: Design a public sculpture ...... 53

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About this resourceAbout IMAGE: Front entrance of Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, 2013. Photograph by Helen Lloyd. Te Papa Te Helen Lloyd. by Photograph 2013. Maria della Pietà, Santa of Istituto entrance Front IMAGE: The programme’s aim is to increase New Zealand New Zealand increase aim is to The programme’s the exhibition, access to and students’ teachers work Culbert’s of both awareness raise and to the world’s – arguably Biennale and the Venice art contemporary significant international most Experiments It includes this resource, event. for art and science resource with Light (an and teacher teachers), primary and intermediate events. development professional This visual arts and art history education education and art history arts This visual with in association has been created resource for exhibition Door Out BackFront , Bill Culbert’s Biennale Venice the at Pavilion the New Zealand kind, it is part of its such resource The first 2013. as a developed programme of a wider education the Museum of between of a partnership result and Creative Tongarewa Papa Te New Zealand New Zealand. BACKGROUND ART IN CONTEXT | 4

enaissance. Every year, it holds a it holds a year, enaissance. Every Venice – the city in north-eastern is a unique city located Venice of small islands on a group and situated Italy bridges. by canals and linked by separated setting, the beauty of its for It is renowned city and art works. The entire architecture, but it is Site, Heritage as a World is listed high tides and regularly to susceptible very rising floods, from risk experiences placing it at known has been variously Venice sea levels. of ‘City of Masks’, ‘City of Water’, as the ‘City of Canals’. and ‘City City’, ‘Floating Bridges’, part in several its The city is well known for and as a centre movements artistic important of the R in Carnevale, celebration, cultural flamboyant 18th-century don and visitors which Venetians has also masks, wigs, and costumes. Venice of in the history role an important played classical music, and is the birthplace of Vivaldi. composer Antonio to next the islands situated one of Murano, The glass glass factory. its for is famous Venice, on the island has been in existence industry glass is an iconic Murano since the 14th century. shops across can be that seen in tourist product the many decorating and in chandeliers Venice, palaces. opulent Venetian obinson and obinson and ver 30,000 30,000 ver

Papa Te Helen Lloyd. by 2013. Photograph Venice, IMAGE: New Zealand has exhibited at the Venice the Venice at has exhibited New Zealand who artists New Zealand Biennale since 2001. as part of the New Zealand exhibited have R Peter the Biennale are at Pavilion the 55th Venice at presentation New Zealand’s New Zealand, of Creative Biennale is an initiative Aotearoa, Toi Council of New Zealand Arts partner Museum of New Zealand with key supporting and partners Tongarewa Papa Te o Waiwhetu, Puna Art Gallery Te Christchurch Art Gallery Toi and Auckland University, Massey o Tāmaki. The Venice Biennale has been described by some Biennale has been some described by The Venice as ‘the Olympics of the art world’, commentators contemporary and is widely viewed as one of the two pre-eminent Held every events. art world’s biennial), it runs for is Italian (‘Biennale’ years exhibitions and features November June to from than 80 countries. O more from critics, and collectors, curators, international the three-day attend openingartists vernissage alone. (preview) (2001), Michael Stevenson Jacqueline Fraser al. (2005), Judy Millar and Francis et (2003), and Michael Parekowhai (2009), Upritchard a the Biennale has led to (2011). Exhibiting at and profile and international national greater all theseopportunities artists. for ale The Venice Bienn ART IN CONTEXT | BACKGROUND 5

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) employ a combination a combination ) employ The exhibition features nine sculptural works. works. nine sculptural features The exhibition All but one (Level of found objects and fluorescent light tubes. and fluorescent objects of found Front Door Out Back Front exhibition Bill Culbert’s 2013 at 23 to November 1 June held from was of the site Pietà, Maria della Santa the Istituto the Venice at pavilion national New Zealand’s senior Paton, Justin by curated Biennale. It was Puna Art Gallery Te Christchurch at curator o Waiwhetu. by situated venue, the selected carefully Culbert pedestrian thoroughfare the canal busy on the and the Giardini. San Marco Piazza between works he created visits, site several Following and exterior interior its to responded that spaces. These entranceway include the long the composer Antonio by used once famously his students, teach to (1678–1741) Vivaldi and an enclosed courtyard. a small garden, he when has describedCulbert how he felt the venue: visited complex and the Pietà through Walking seeing the doors, the canal through straight also the magic. was There was the water, to either. boats many sound – no cars and not Front Door Out Back . with drawings filling fast started My notebook

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p7. 2013, o Waiwhetu, Puna Gallery Te IMAGES: New Zealand Creative French. Jennifer by Biennale. Photograph the 2013 Venice for ilion, La Pietà, Pav of the New Zealand the entrance at Bill Culbert Bill Culbert, Level Bill Culbert, 1 Culbert’s fascination with light has fuelled his with light has fuelled his fascination Culbert’s with decades. experimented He first for practice and, since the in the 1960s light and movement work has encompassed photography, his 1970s, He investigates, objects. and found light, and experiments observes, manipulates, widely in New Zealand, has exhibited Culbert and Australia, States, the United England, France, Wellington, for public sculptures and has created His work is held by and Auckland. Christchurch, major public collections and in other Papa Te New Zealand. throughout a small port town on Dunedin’s harbour, in 1935. in 1935. harbour, on Dunedin’s a small port town High School and studied Hutt Valley He attended School and of Art University the Canterbury at the R Kingdom and France. in the United subject and medium. with light as both Bill Culbert (1935–) was born in Port Chalmers, Chalmers, born in Port was (1935–) Bill Culbert ulbert Bill Culbert ART IN CONTEXT | BACKGROUND 6

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examples within art works that show the impact impact show the within art works that examples on how and why of a time, place, or culture the will develop they and that made’ were they describe social, ‘how personal, to skills required influenced or factors and technological historical, of the art work, elements informed such as how by and appreciated made, perceived, were they the audiences and critics’. When studying sculpture, and in particular and in particular sculpture, When studying an art between the relationship public sculpture, location is a crucial factor. physical work and its its to responds a sculpture whether Determining the decided after was the site or whether site, we understand way the affects created, work was context. physical its 2

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2, 3 S Guidelines for teaching the visual arts within within the visual arts teaching Guidelines for include a focus Curriculum the New Zealand It is art. for the context on understanding ‘particular will identify students that expected The New Zealand Curriculum guidelines for guidelines Curriculum for The New Zealand art in on studying focus include a art history art works to ‘connect need to Students context. influence their that factors of contextual a range Contextual and value. production, development, artistic, or include personal influences may economic, social, political, religious, historic, and gender’. philosophic,technological, theoretic, Studying the contextual factors influencing an influencing an factors the contextual Studying is an important and reception creation art work’s of learning within the fields of the visual feature and art history. arts ART IN CONTEXT | BACKGROUND 7

The Wellington Sculpture Trust website website Trust Sculpture The Wellington public sculpture featuring to dedicated images with and information. in Wellington, The official website for the New Zealand the New for The official website Biennale features the 2013 Venice at Pavilion Doorimages of Front Out Back, as well as in work in his studio at videos of Culbert in Venice. the exhibition and installing France of art at is the online home Papa Te Arts has images, articles, The website Papa. Te and videos. resources, educational interviews, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2009. Auckland, Press, University Auckland with Creative in partnership o Waiwhetu 2013. University, and Massey New Zealand i ētehi ariā whakamahi i te hangarau i te ariā whakamahi i ētehi hei i ngā taputapu tōtika hei whakamahi whakaaro whakawhitiwhiti a ngā kaitoi. tūhuratanga me te kunenga ki te Door Front Out BackBill Culbert: , exhibition Puna Art Gallery Te Christchurch catalogue, Lightworks: City Gallery Wellington, Gallery City catalogue. , exhibition Bill Culbert 1997. Wellington, Wellington: Lister, Harper and Aaron Jenny Press, University , Victoria sculpture A city for 2007. Wellington, seful Websites seful Books nzatvenice.com artstepapa.govt.nz sculpture.org.nz , Light Work Making Bill Culbert: ian Wedde,

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Think about the art work’s title. Why do do title. Why Think about the art work’s ? What called think Culbert it Drop you think about? you does the title make encounter, visitors piece that As the first the to an introduction is like Drop The space in which it is exhibition. which lobby, is a small entrance exhibited a canal. Within this context, opens out to make chose to think Culbert do you why the ceiling rather hangs from a work that piece? than a floor or wall-based magine standing underneath this art work this art work underneath Imagine standing you How does it make it. and looking at up of? you does What it remind feel? ckground

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Think about the physical properties of this of this properties Think about the physical high-ceilinged space, and long, narrow, What Vivaldi. use by historical consider its of the about the grouping notice do you the anglesobjects, which the furniture at have they hang, and the way and lights does What the sculpture been arranged? of? you think remind do you ways In what by been inspired have may the sculpture the space? 3 Bebop ew Zealand Zealand New of the the site Maria della Pietà, anta ormica tables and chairs and fluorescent light tubes. light and fluorescent and chairs ormica tables stituto S stituto

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enice, it hung on the enice, it hung on the Consider the ways in which the milk in which the milk Consider the ways New Zealand. to is important industry light-resistant new, How do Anchor’s the potential to relate bottles of this work? interpretations think this sculpture do you ways In what the dual been influenced by have may and the New Zealand of contexts Biennale? Venice 4 5 Strait The Anchor logo on the milk bottles The title (consider the different the different The title (consider and ‘straight’) meanings of ‘strait’ location, with a narrow The sculpture’s and linking the front passageway venue of the exhibition back parts

■ ■ ■ What symbolism might be involved in each in each might be involved symbolism What aspects of the work? of the following Look at the sculpture’s colours, shapes, colours, the sculpture’s at Look of? you does What it remind and forms. its to hangs in contrast This sculpture Describe all the contrasting surroundings. can see. you elements

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is a linear, wall-based sculpture consisting of a series of white plastic ‘Anchor’ branded milk milk branded ‘Anchor’ plastic of a series of white consisting sculpture wall-based is a linear, Strait light tube. In V a fluorescent by lids, held together or green with blue bottles Ba bare brick wall of a narrow passageway linking the front and back parts of the exhibition, between between of the exhibition, and back parts the front linking passageway of a narrow brick wall bare a long corridor and a garden.

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Walk Blue Walk Walk Blue? Walk Culbert has removed these objects from these from objects has removed Culbert How does their usual domestic context. you change the way their new context think he do you Why think about them? Reflection and called the works Walk 3 Walk ReflectionWalk and ach wardrobe has a different front panel: one is a mirror, panel: one is a mirror, front has a different ach wardrobe are large sculptures made from wardrobes through which three which three through wardrobes made from sculptures large Blue are Walk oth sculptures are positioned in an enclosed garden, exposed to the elements, the elements, to exposed positioned in an enclosed garden, are sculptures oth

How do the fluorescent lights change the change the lights How do the fluorescent we view function, and the way wardrobes’ of? you remind do they What them? Culbert sourced second-hand wardrobes second-hand wardrobes sourced Culbert or artistic style What these sculptures. for do you What represent? period do they of wardrobe? with this style associate ckground

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, 2013 (detail). Photograph by Jennifer French. Creative New Zealand Creative French. Jennifer by Photograph , 2013 (detail). Venice Flotsam Daylight Bill Culbert, IMAGE: Daylight Flotsam Venice Flotsam Daylight ART IN CONTEXT | RESOURCES PART 1: FRONT DOOR OUT BACK ANALYSIS CARDS 17

3 Look carefully at the way in which this in which this the way at carefully Look in the space. What art work is arranged aspects to? of the space does it respond a in How might it look different space? different surrounded is built on an island Venice The city with canals as streets. water, by rising floods, risk from and is at regularly aspects of the work may What sea levels. this context? by been inspired have he simplest and cheapest material to to material and cheapest The simplest 3 4 Daylight Venice Flotsam … no matter exciting … the most me is often disintegrated. or how up it is beaten how it’s if what It can continue on and on, even society. used changes. for A throwaway dumb. pretty That’s

Consider the work’s title. ‘Flotsam and and title. ‘Flotsam Consider the work’s describe used to often is a phrase jetsam’ but the objects, useless or discarded specific nautical meanings. have words of a ship wreckage is the floating Flotsam that material to refers jetsam cargo; or its has been purposefully overboard, cast do you load. Why ship’s a lighten to often call his work has chosen to think Culbert ? Venice Flotsam Daylight uses plastic uses plastic Venice Flotsam Daylight previously they look like that bottles cleaning liquids or chemicals. contained in might be involved symbolism What What choice of these objects? Culbert’s in a this have does a work like relevance consumer society? throwaway, ckground

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Think about the connotations of the of the Think about the connotations the word? with rising change is associated Climate title have the work’s How may sea levels. of Venice? the context been influenced by word ‘level’. A spirit level, for example, example, for A spirit level, ‘level’. word line. a true horizontal determine is used to with associate do you phrases other What 3 4 Level ach jar has been placed at a jaunty angle, but the water ach jar has been angle, but the water a jaunty placed at ’s physical physical ’s , 2013 (detail). Photograph by Jennifer French. Creative New Zealand Creative French. Jennifer by Photograph , 2013 (detail). Front Door in Front is the only sculpture

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ART IN CONTEXT | RESOURCES PART 1: FRONT DOOR OUT BACK ANALYSIS CARDS 20 HUT, Made in Christchurch in Made HUT, , 2012. Photograph by Jennifer French. Creative New Zealand Creative French. Jennifer by , 2012. Photograph Made in Christchurch HUT, Bill Culbert, IMAGE: ART IN CONTEXT | RESOURCES PART 1: FRONT DOOR OUT BACK ANALYSIS CARDS 21 3 Discuss ideas that you associate with with associate you Discuss ideas that such both they are Why light and shelter. would life What in life? elements important the types Compare without them? be like with today we have of light and shelter people 500 or 1,000 to available was what How would these differences ago. years lives? people’s affected have possible title has many The sculpture’s Describe some things the connotations. What ‘hut’ think about. you word makes ‘hut’ to of using the word is the effect has no roof that describe a structure the from no shelter and offers or walls, chosen have might Culbert Why elements? his work? this title for 3 4 HUT, Made in HUT, Christchurch

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After the Christchurch earthquakes, earthquakes, the Christchurch After damaged or homes were people’s many view you How does the way destroyed. This sculpture relates to two different two different to relates This sculpture the place it was contexts: geographical and the New Zealand) made (Christchurch, Italy). (Venice, place it is being exhibited between make connections do you What and these two contexts? this sculpture of How does environment the physical you change the way the ancient courtyard view it? consider it in change if you the sculpture this context? ckground is enclosed by the ancient walls and ornate windows of a courtyard, of a courtyard, windows and ornate ancient walls the is enclosed by , Made in Christchurch

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