John Brack and Cressida Campbell
JOHN BRACK
THE CAR, YES, NO AND COLLINS STREET 5PM
Structural- [Everything physical about Brack’s artworks- materials, images, compositional qualities, site (where) exhibited] * Painting * Limited palette of colours * Very strong linear design * Painted thinly and carefully * Often used outlines * Brushstrokes are precise * Lines are crisp and clear * Repetition and pattern * Organised and balanced
Subjective- [Personal response to theme/topic of both artist and audience] * In its time this picture celebrated the popularity of the new car in modern life and its increasingly important role in our leisure times. * Viewer looks down on the battle scene from an unusual angle * Tells a story of conflict between groups of people with different opinions * Emphasise the boredom of the occasion * Observed people and situations
Cultural- [Influences: values and attitudes/social circumstance, racial/gender background, historical time=particular technologies, political/environmental context] * Greatest invention of the modern world * Has changed people’s lives * Available to Australians of all incomes in the early 1950’s * Ideal for taking the family out on drives to the country * He painted many battle scenes during the 1980’s * Brack painted pens to stand for the ‘Yes’ side of the argument, and pencils to represent ‘No’. Both groups are arranged into forces as ‘armies’. * City environment * Social events and rituals
CRESSIDA CAMPBELL-LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN
Structural- [Everything physical about Campbell’s artworks- materials, images, compositional qualities, site (where) exhibited] * Carefully chosen colour * Lines she has carved from the woodblock * Carefully drawn * Several coats of paint * Freshens up the image with a spray of water * End result is one coloured block, and one print-its mirror image * Enacts with colour, texture and
THE CAR, YES, NO AND COLLINS STREET 5PM
Structural- [Everything physical about Brack’s artworks- materials, images, compositional qualities, site (where) exhibited] * Painting * Limited palette of colours * Very strong linear design * Painted thinly and carefully * Often used outlines * Brushstrokes are precise * Lines are crisp and clear * Repetition and pattern * Organised and balanced
Subjective- [Personal response to theme/topic of both artist and audience] * In its time this picture celebrated the popularity of the new car in modern life and its increasingly important role in our leisure times. * Viewer looks down on the battle scene from an unusual angle * Tells a story of conflict between groups of people with different opinions * Emphasise the boredom of the occasion * Observed people and situations
Cultural- [Influences: values and attitudes/social circumstance, racial/gender background, historical time=particular technologies, political/environmental context] * Greatest invention of the modern world * Has changed people’s lives * Available to Australians of all incomes in the early 1950’s * Ideal for taking the family out on drives to the country * He painted many battle scenes during the 1980’s * Brack painted pens to stand for the ‘Yes’ side of the argument, and pencils to represent ‘No’. Both groups are arranged into forces as ‘armies’. * City environment * Social events and rituals
CRESSIDA CAMPBELL-LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN
Structural- [Everything physical about Campbell’s artworks- materials, images, compositional qualities, site (where) exhibited] * Carefully chosen colour * Lines she has carved from the woodblock * Carefully drawn * Several coats of paint * Freshens up the image with a spray of water * End result is one coloured block, and one print-its mirror image * Enacts with colour, texture and