Archive for February, 2010

Mark Kennedy

Mark Kennedy is a mosaic artist who has taken a 4000 year old medium and reinvented it for the 21st century. Where once deities and gods were the muse Mark Kennedy focuses on Musicians, Artists, Actors, Celebrities and Football that all typify Northern, and especially Mancunian popular culture for his brightly colourful mosaics.

Alternative Portrait Project: Harrison 2010

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GCSE Traditional Exam Brief – Work, Rest and Play: Travel

Work Rest and Play: Travel

This GCSE Traditional Exam Brief is for you to assess your own learning and meet your 2010 GCSE examination deadline.

Yr 10 BTEC Brief: Supersized

This is your Yr 10 BTEC Art and Design brief entitled Supersized. You can assess your progress whilst researching a variety of Food and Drink and responding to the work of  Claes Oldenburg and Ralph Goings.

Gilbert and George

Gilbert and George are a creative pairing who have worked together for over 40 years and regard themselves as living sculptures. They have disassociated their art from their everyday lives, insisting that everything they do is art. Their latter work involves large scale gridded photographic work often with provokotive language or slang and imagery from sections of society.

Alternative Portrait Project

Pupil Example: Zarmena 2010

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