Artist: Ursula von Rydingsvard
Big Idea: Anger
Ursula von Rydingsvard’s Art21 Segment: http://www.art21.org/videos/episode-ecology
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Look at her drawings and relief sculptures, not just her free standing pieces.
Focus on her quotes: “I am grateful for my anger.”, “...Emotional
landscape...” ,“...Anger is force...”
Discuss how artists have taken their emotions and expressed
them through art as a fuel for their work. Explain that this artwork can be a
healthy coping mechanism to deal with emotions.
Discuss how artwork can express a mood without a clear
iconographic image of it. Look at abstract pieces
of work that show emotion.
Show examples of abstract expressive work. (Such as: Munch’s The Scream & Coelho’s Anger on Red, Pollock Number One, etc.)
Objective: Students express a personal connection to something
that angers them of their choosing.
Discussion/Guiding Questions:
- What makes you angry? (Big or small)
- What are the big reasons behind actions that make you angry?
- What do you do when you are angry?
- What do you wish you could do when you are angry?
- How do you feel after being angry?
- Do you feel in control of the things that make you angry? Or have the ability to stop them from angering you?
- What marks show anger?
These questions are to be personal journal discovery questions
that aid a student’s self understanding and expression.
Students determine a specific area of focus.
How are you going to show it?: Brainstorm sketches of how
one’s concept can be shown through their work. Additional individual artistic
research may be necessary.
Medium: Low relief acrylic paintings on corrugated cardboard.
Cardboard examples provided.
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Reinforce that the classroom is a safe family-like community
where personal expression is allowed and always respected. Furthermore, that an
artist may explain the content behind a work to an audience only as much as
they are comfortable with.
Post Production Discussion Questions for Critiques:
- How were your emotions released through this process? Was it more helpful than the ways you handled anger beforehand that you mentioned in your journal, or what you wish you could do?
- How did it feel struggling through the work?
- In what ways was the big idea of anger expressed through artwork?
- Which ways were the most successful?
- Did you relate to the artwork of the others because of the big idea?
- How did you feel viewing the artwork?
Your journey art work is stunning! I am very impressed.
ReplyDeleteIn your lesson about anger it would be interesting to ask your students to make marks that make anger become visible perhaps utilize an analog drawing technique