Christian Boltanski: Overview

Elaborations
• investigating the viewpoints of several artists and how they express a theme, concept or subject matter in different contexts and using different styles with different materials and technologies
• exploring how artists have used different materials and symbols to express cultural identity for example, identifying implied meaning through the symbols in the artwork, such as a universal symbol that reflects contemporary youth culture, or the symbols of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
• selecting contextual information about artists, artworks and audiences as inspiration for their artworks
• discussing and documenting their choices of expression to strengthen meaning and viewpoints in their artwork
• researching artworks that provide different ideas and concepts based on ideological views and institutional theories of design and art practice, for example, the Bauhaus movement, Chinese social realist painting, Greek classical sculpture
• applying critical theories to the analysis and interpretation of artworks, for example, identifying explicit and implicit meanings in artworks

Elaborations
• critiquing a physical or virtual exhibition of art, craft or design, and review how artists have expressed viewpoints in their artworks
• critically analysing an artist’s intention for an artwork and their use of visual conventions
• presenting an informed opinion about a display of artworks as a written review
• discussing and identifying how artists express cultural identity in their artworks, for example, how artists from different cultures express the concepts of place and country, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Elaborations:
• developing visual images by combining and adapting materials, techniques, technologies and art making processes
• exploring and applying ideas inspired by the style of other artists in their own artworks
• exploring and reflecting on the connections between their own artworks and artworks from different contexts and cultures
• experimenting with digital and virtual technologies in their artworks to enhance intended meaning
• exploring the practices of a range of artists and identifying the influences on the development of the artists’ personal style.
• conceptualising how visual conventions can express ideas in their artwork

Elaborations:
• deconstructing and appropriating a range of images, objects and/or spaces to express viewpoints, concepts, purposes and/or meanings
• using selected techniques, technologies and processes to explore personal expression of a theme, concept or subject matter
• experimenting with a variety of techniques and processes when exploring their intentions as artist
• selecting, testing and experimenting with materials, techniques, technologies and processes to express ideas in multiple forms of expression

Elaborations
• reflecting on and refining the connections in their own work between viewpoints, materials, techniques, technologies practices and processes
• discussing artists’ use of metaphors in artworks to express ideas and influence the viewer, for example, the artist’s use of visual metaphors to express meaning and persuasion
• investigating the practices of artists from different cultural groups, including artists from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and their use of persuasion, communication or expression in artworks

Elaborations
• analysing the role of visual arts as a means of challenging prevailing traditional ideas, for example, how contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks challenge prevailing traditional ideas about traditional art styles from this culture
• identifying how visual arts professionals embed their values and beliefs, and how audiences react and interpret the meaning and intent of their artworks differently
• discussing the range of viewpoints expressed about an artwork or art issue
• considering the practices of visual arts practitioners when making commentaries about social, environmental and sustainability issues
• interrogating the cultural and social roles and responsibilities of arts industries, recognising the power of the visual arts in advocating for, and being a catalyst for, change