The Frames
The Frames are an important part of any artist's practice, it helps to understand artists and their artworks through four frames, the Subjective, Cultural, Structural and Postmodern Frames. The frames are used to make sense of artworks, decipher codes, putting artworks into context, highlight important aspects and provide parameters for study (Malyon, 2004, p. 42-43).
Salvador Dali, Christ of St John of the Cross, 1951
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Cultural FrameThe Cultural Frame deals with the way the artist and/or artwork develops their particular identity or individual characteristic that reflects the attitudes of a particular time or place.
The Cultural Frame: - proves that all artworks reflect on some aspects of the culture the artist is from. - proves that both time and place will greatly influence the cultural significance and the artists approach to their art making practice. It is important to understand the artwork and artist in terms of their social identity and meaning. - is important as it looks at and recognises the forms of representation, which acknowledges dominant aspects of society and marginalized groups. (Malyon, 2004, p. 48- 49) |
Christian Thompson, Energy Matter, 2012.
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Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912
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Postmodern FrameThe Postmodern Frame refers to the debates that are currently happening in society and in the artworld. Postmodernism is being able to think that everything can be explained and interpreted in many different ways as our view of the world changes. Postmodernism:
- challenges the authority of historical and modernist conventions - use of eclecticism, irony, parody and recontextualisation of images and ideas. - representation is built upon the relationship between artist. world, artwork and audience that can change at any moment. - the audience is considered more important than the artist in constructing meaning. (Malyon, 2004, p. 50-51) |
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1982
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