Subjective Frame
What does the Subjective Frame focus on in an artwork?
The artist’s emotions, personal experiences, and feelings.
What are the elements of art?
Colour, shape, line, tone, form, texture, space.
What does the Postmodern Frame often challenge?
Traditional ideas, artistic and social conventions, society, the art world, etc.
What does the Cultural Frame explore?
How society, politics, identity, race, gender, or beliefs influence art.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
Describe how an artist might use colour in a Subjective way.
They might use colour to express personal emotions, like red for anger or blue for sadness.
What is one way an artist might create emphasis in their artwork?
By using contrast, such as light and dark colours or large and small shapes.
What is it called when an artist borrows another artwork and recontextualises it?
Appropriation
How can an artist’s cultural background influence the materials they use in their artwork?
They might choose materials that are traditional or important to their culture, like natural dyes, fabrics, or symbols.
What style is Pablo Picasso known for pioneering?
Cubism
How might an artist’s personal memories or experiences influence the mood of their artwork?
They may choose colours, imagery, or symbols that reflect their inner thoughts or past experiences, creating a mood that feels deeply personal or nostalgic.
In the Structural Frame, what is meant by "symbolism"?
Using objects or images that represent deeper meanings, like a skull to symbolise death.
How might a Postmodern artist use humour or parody to critique serious social issues?
By exaggerating or mocking traditional ideas or systems to make viewers reflect on deeper cultural or political problems in a more accessible or provocative way.
How might an artist represent their cultural identity in their work?
By including traditional symbols, clothing, languages, or historical references.
What is the name of Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait that shows her with a thorn necklace and hummingbird?
Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird.
Describe how Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night can be interpreted through the Subjective Frame.
It expresses van Gogh’s emotional state—possibly agitation or wonder—through swirling lines, intense colours, and dramatic composition.
How can an artist use repetition and pattern to create meaning in an artwork?
Repetition and pattern can create rhythm, draw attention to certain ideas, or symbolise cycles, routines, or cultural motifs.
What might a Postmodern artist do to make their artwork funny or strange on purpose?
Use parody or irony.
How does feminism relate to the Cultural Frame in art?
It explores how gender roles and power structures are challenged or represented in artwork.
Which artist is known for the Campbell’s Soup Cans series, representing Pop Art?
Andy Warhol
You are viewing an abstract artwork that doesn’t clearly show any objects, but it still makes you feel anxious. How might the artist have achieved this using the Subjective Frame?
Through jagged lines, chaotic composition, clashing colours, or energetic brushwork that express emotional turmoil.
How could an artwork’s meaning change if its composition was rearranged?
It could shift the viewer’s focus, change the emotional tone, or alter the balance and message of the work.
How can audience participation or interaction be viewed through the Postmodern Frame?
It disrupts traditional roles of artist/viewer and makes the audience part of the meaning-making process.
Why might two audiences from different cultures interpret the same artwork differently?
Because they bring different cultural values, beliefs, and contexts that affect how they understand the message.
Name the artist who created large-scale land art works like Spiral Jetty in the 1970s.
Robert Smithson.