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This art project is brought to you by That Art Teacher. Click on their name to bring up the link and some videos and examples.
This project will take a look at the surrealism art movement and dada art movement. We will look at artist Hannah Hoch for inspiration for our collage. You will create your collages on Photopea and use remove.bg to help you remove backgrounds from images.
Definition: Simply stated, juxtaposition means placing things side-by-side. In art this usually is done with the intention of bringing out a specific quality or creating an effect, particularly when two contrasting or opposing elements are used. The viewer's attention is drawn to the similarities or differences between the elements.
While juxtaposition can be used in terms of formal elements - for example, the use of aggressive mark-making in contrast to an area of very controlled shading, or an area of crisp detail against something softly handled, it more often refers to concepts or imagery.
An artist might juxtapose a machine-made object or urban environment against organic elements of nature, in order to highlight different qualities in the two. Note that the way this is done can dramatically change the meaning: we might regard the machine-made or human-created as representing safety and order against the uncontrollable strength of nature; or we might see the fragility and beauty of nature against the soul-less uniformity of the urban world, depending on the nature of the subjects or images and the way they are presented.
What are the effects of the following juxtaposed images?
Literary Example
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…” – Charles Dickens
“I thoroughly hate loving you. Your heart is a perfectly-carved stone; Set deep into your chest, soft as granite. I grip you gently with angels' claws; Icy breath scorching your warm, shivering skin. Your hard topaz eyes shimmer liquidly.” - Author unknown
“You will soon be asked to do great violence in the cause of good.” - The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
Juxtaposition in Movies
Project Examples
Demo Videos
PIXLR DEMO
PHOTOPEA DEMO
DIRECTIONS:
Artists will create TWO (2) digital artworks that contain juxtaposed images using Pixlr on their computers. Follow the instructions in the video above. You will need 3 images for each artwork. The two images creating the juxtaposition and the silhouette.
For our next project we will examine Surrealism and Alberto Giacometti. Giacometti was a surrealist sculptor and painter. We will create two artworks during this project. One project is an individual painting and the other is a collaborative sculpture with a partner.
After you finish watching the videos, take a look at the links above and answer the worksheet.
DAY 3-4
Portrait painting
Day 3 and 4 we will create a portrait in Giacometti's style.
Then paint the portrait with tempera and cover with india ink to create a resist effect.
We will take a look at basic facial proportions for this project.
DAY 5-9
The final project will be a partner project. The two of you will create a sculpture of the human figure in Giacometti's style.
