Year 10 PDM

BEYOND THE FRAME

PHOTO MEDIA INSTALLATION

BEYOND THE FRAMEIn this unit of work we will be

investigating contemporary photographic practices in an Australian and International context

We will be looking at time based installations and the role of

photo-documentation

VocabPostmodern A widely used term for progressive, unconventional art starting

around the 1980’s. It generally challenges the traditions of art, particularly the concept of originality and acceptable media. It is often characterized by the use of technology and may draw on other art traditions

EphemeralExisting only for a short time

InstallationArtwork created for a particular site or gallery space

DocumentationRecord of transitory works in the forms of photography/video. Documentation replaces the art objects role as the “saleable item”.

Key Artist 1 – Melanie Pullen

Untitled (Metro Series), 2005 C-Print, Plexi Face Mount43"(H) x 54 3/4"(W), 55"(H) x 70 3/4"(W), or 76 1/2"(H) x 99 1/2"(W)Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, 2005

Bottles (Water Series), 2005 C-Print, Plexi Face Mount43"(H) x 54 3/4"(W), 55"(H) x 70 3/4"(W), or 76 1/2"(H) x 99 1/2"(W)Ace Gallery Beverly Hills, 2005

Self-taught artist, Melanie Pullen (born 1975) began her "High Fashion Crime Scenes" project after seeing a copy of Luc Sante's 1992 book Evidence (1914-1919) about crime scene photos from the New York City Police Department.

Statement

“I’m totally fascinated about lines and perspective. I like long shots in hallways, anything that has a depth to it. “- Melanie Pullen

Melanie Pullen: High Fashion Crime Series, 2005 Installation ViewAce Gallery Beverly Hills

Fashion has always had a dark side, but it's never been traversed as provocatively as in photographer Melanie Pullen's critically acclaimed exhibition High Fashion Crime Scenes.

In meticulously crafted large-scale photographs, authentic crime scenes are re-enacted with a twist—not only are the corpses outfitted in designer vintage and couture, but you might recognize some very-much-alive actors like Juliette Lewis.

Pullen's penchants for the macabre were initially inspired by Luc Sante's Evidence, a book of New York City crime scene prints compiled in the 20th century, but she also studied up on pre-’50s L.A.P.D. records.

The resulting images are hauntingly beautiful, inspiring double and triple takes when you realize that amidst the photograph's grisly visage, the victim is clad in Chanel.

SAMANTHA GILEWICZ

Student Task 1

Look up on the internet Pullens High Fashion Crime Series

http://www.novakart.com/MelaniePullen_Info.cfm?ArtistsID=434&Object=

Read the Interview with Melanie Pullen

1)How do the images in this series make you feel?

2) Statements from the artist are valuable sources of information about the artists inspirations, intentions and working methods. What understanding have you gained about Pullens artistic practice from reading this interview

Key Artist 2 - Alicia Frankovich was born in New Zealand in 1980 & living in Berlin

Key Artist 2 - Alicia FrankovichMedia: Plastic, carabenas, dirt, coconut fibre, newspaper, water tank, water pump, poly piping, nylon webbing,gaffer, sash, steel, basil, kiwifruit vines, tuscan kale, broccoli, flat leaf parsley, curly leaf parsley, long snake beans,purple kings, greens, tomatoes: black krims, black Russians, tigerella, red fig dwarf, peach dreams, chillies: hellfire mix,jalapeno reds, capsicum: mini yellow, mini red, long yellow mini chocolate, long green, bronze fennel, succulents,eggplants: heirloom mix, long jacks, red oakleaf, lettuce.

Frankovich has created a body made of fruit and plants suspended upside down in the gallery space.Frankovich uses fruit to symbolize both the living flesh and the soul. The installation hovers above the viewer’s body and changes over time in the space. Again she explores her interest incontrasting bodily performance with architectural dwelling, the ephemeral with the permanent.

Student Task 2 Consider how Frankovich draws from nature, in the form of

real living plants, in her work. Look at a range of other contemporary artists who also draw from nature or install natural objects as part of their work. Look at the work of contemporary Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger as well as Jeff Koons’ sculpture of a dog made from growing flowers. Compare the works of these three artists.

Key Artist 3 – Simryn Gill

Simryn Gill, Throwback (detail) 2007 Interior parts of Tata truck, termite mound soil, river clay, laterite, seashells, fruit skins, leaves, bark and fibre, flowers, glue, resin, milk Michael Buxton Collection

The exhibition highlights Gill’s pursuit of meaning through materials and art-making processes. It also focuses on her ongoing interest in collecting, reading, archiving, arranging, casting and photography.‘Throwback 2007, is a sculptural work created from truck engine parts and Garland 1993-ongoing, is an installation of objects collected from beaches in Malaysia and Singapore that encourages audiences to hold, touch and rearrange its parts and thereby participate in the work’s transformation.

Key Artist 3 – Simryn Gill

Road Kill 2000

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Student Task 3 - Simryn GillDescribe the Photographic Series?Describe the installation content?How was it constructed?Why did she name the series Road Kill?What do you think of the work and why?Briefly describe another of Gills

installation seriesCreate a summary page on Simryn Gill in

your documents under the titles Artist, Artwork, Audience, World (Conceptual Framework) – research the internet.

Key Artist 4 – Cordeiro & Healy

Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy are Australian collaborative artists who explore the shifting ideas of mobility, home, consumerism and waste in our contemporary society through deconstructing, compacting or laying out.

Postmodern Frame – Use humour to challenge our values, deconstructing history and objects

Key Artist 4 – Cordeiro & Healy

The artworks are a direct response to the

artists world

The materials have lost their original function instead

taking on their own identity as objects

Artwork looks at deeper levels of meaning like the

function of a home. The removal of

space – leaving no space inwhich to

live

MATERIALS The materials and contents of buildings often form their art

making materials. Artists photo document

their practice

The cordial Home Project 2003Installation of entire house6 C type LED Prints

Cordeiro & HealyArtists Statements

‘ When you pull something apart it’s like a complete analysis of the material, and stacking it feels like a safe way to present it to the audience, because it is almost like silencing it.”

Student Task 4

Explore how the PRACTICE of another artist reflects their society

Further Study / References Melanie Pullenhttp://www.acegallery.net/artistmenu.php?pageNum_ACE=1&totalRows_ACE=86&Artist=4#

http://www.melaniepullen.com/

http://www.novakart.com/MelaniePullen_Info.cfm?ArtistsID=434&Object=

Alicia Frankovichhttp://www.accaonline.org.au/EducationKits

http://www.artspace.org.nz/exhibitions/2009/aliciafrankovich.asp

Simryn Gill

http://www.heide.com.au/Exhibitions/Simryn_Gill_Gathering

http://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/16/Simryn_Gill/164/9737/

http://www.breenspace.com/artists/6/works/70/simryn-gill-paper-boats

http://www.claireandsean.com/

Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro