There are many different meanings for these words and how they can be interpreted in Art.

FlawsNoun

A feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault:beauty without flaw; the flaws in our plan.

A defect impairing legal soundness or validity.

A crack, break, breach, or rent..Verb

(used with object)to produce a flaw in.

(used without object)to contract a flaw; become cracked or defective.

PerfectionNoun

The state or quality of being or becoming perfect

The highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence, as in some art.

A quality, trait, or feature of the highest degree of excellence.

The highest or most nearly perfect degree of a quality or trait

The act or fact of perfecting

IdealsNounA conception of something in its perfection.

A person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a model for imitation:

An ultimate object or aim of endeavor, especially one of high or noble character:

Something that exists only in the imagination:To achieve the ideal is almost hopeless.

Adjectiveconceived as constituting a standard of perfection or excellence:ideal beauty.

regarded as perfect of its kind:an ideal spot for a home.

existing only in the imagination; not real or actual:Nature is real; beauty is ideal.

advantageous; excellent; best:

CompromisesNoun A settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc.

The result of such a settlement.

Something intermediate between different things:

An endangering, especially of reputation; exposure to danger, suspicion, etc.:

VerbTo settle by a compromise.

To expose or make vulnerable to danger, suspicion, scandal, etc.; jeopardize:

To bind by bargain or agreement.

EXAM = 40%

Everybody knows... the four Everybody knows... the four AOs AOs

For the exam you have to show evidence of: ALL 4 of the AOs (Assessment Objectives)

AO1: Looking at other artists AO2: Experimenting with media AO3: Recording your ideas AO4: Making a final piece

It is important that you begin working on the EXAM Paper straight away.

START TODAY!

Exam dates….

14th, 15th and 18th May

Where to begin?Where to begin?

Remember ….

The theme is merely a starting point to inspire you.

Feel free to take the project in any direction that you wish, provided that you can clearly justify and explain how the theme has inspired your thoughts and ideas.

Geological faults, gemstone inclusions...Forest fires, landslips, quarries, gorges, ruins, urban decay...Stains, cracks, blots, accidents, spills, rips, patches...Make-up, disguises, masks, clothing, artificial fur, plastic surgery... Politics, deceit, trickery, concealment...Selective breeding, genetic modification, cloning...Shows, competition, pageants...Mutation, bacteria, viruses, scars...Families, relationships, communities..

A Few Ideas…

FLAWSPERFECTIONIDEALSCOMPROMISES

You must begin by exploring all the themes below. You then may narrow your ideas down by choosing to focus on just some or one of the words.

Contextual references

The artists on the next few pages are suggestions to help you think about possible ideas. You may already have ideas of your own.

Keep an open mind at this point...

There is also a Beaumont Pinterest Album of Artists and ideas to support you with your project

FLAWSFLAWS

Seth ClarkAbandoned, mixed media drawings. Pittsburgh.

Kimberly Kersey AsburyAbout the Landscape Series:  Powered Pigment, Wax, Paint, Thread, Stuffing on Canvas, Paper, and/or Fabric. The landscapes along with the hand-stitched artist books are inspired by William Turner’s watercolor sketchbooks.

Martha Macha

Jelle MartensMartens work combines strong graphic blocks of colour woven together with saturated grainy photography to create dynamic visual palettes.  

Marten is a Belgian Artist, Photographer and Graphic Designer

series of photographs / rotting fruitPeter Lippmann

Barbara Kruger

Gillian Lambert

Gillian Lambert Drawings from a series called "Self Deception"

For Hegarty, the joy of her work lies in its destruction rather than its making. Centering her practice on the politics of the American myth, Hegarty’s canvases and sculptures replicate emblems of frontier ethos - colonial furniture, antique dishware, and heroic paintings of landscapes and national figures only to demolish them by devices associated with their historical significance.

Valerie Hegarty

Lucian Freud

Ian Murphy

Jean-Michel Basquiat

“You are the Weather”

Roni Horn

Banksy

Tip Toland

PerfectionPerfection++ IdealsIdeals

Gerhard Richter

Alfred creates collages, paintings, and digital animations.Brian Alfred

Damien Hirst

Sophie Kahn

Irving PennPenn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lives. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work

Stephen Wiltshire

Anne Ten DonkelaarDonkelaar lays pressed wildflowers, dried stems, and paper cutouts on top of tiny little pins to create the most spectacular three dimensional collages

Gabi Trinkaus

Johannes Vermeer

Mueck's sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images.

Ron Mueck

Ana Strumpf

Antony Gormley

Anna TormaAnna Torma

Gottfried HelnweinGottfried Helnwein

LucyndaLuLucyndaLu

CompromisesCompromises

Colin Chillag’s paintings show the process of painting and how the build up and process of making unfold in a work.

Colin Chillag

Stephen Gill

Damien Hirst

Tony Cragg

Richard Billingham

Sherman’s photographs are portraits of herself in various scenarios that parody stereotypes of women. A panoply of characters and settings are drawn from sources of popular culture, old movies, television soaps and pulp fiction.

Cindy Sherman

Dorothea Lange

Yukinori Yanagi's work explores themes relating to his position as a Japanese artist living and working in an international context, as well as broader issues about identity within social or national constructs.

Yukinori YanagiYukinori Yanagi

Create a Pinterest board and start pinning images relating to your exam title

Create a broad A2 spider diagram

Create an A2 mood board on the theme you want to focus on

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