Making a statement Ed Ruscha and Barbara Kruger

Ed Ruscha • http: //www. edruscha. com/ • Good art should elicit a response of 'Huh? Wow!' as opposed to 'Wow! Huh? ‘ • When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were gutteral utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat. Those words were like flowers in a vase.

TASK 1 – Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day…. Look at the work of Ed Ruscha online, find and print at least 5 examples of his work that you like. You are going to make a statement! Ed Ruscha’s paintings make you think and smile – you need to do the same! The topic for your piece of work is ‘Time’ You can approach this topic in any way you like: some suggestions could be…. Being young, getting older, stopping time, the past, the future, being late, time going fast, going slowly, what is time? Minutes, seconds, hours, calendars, the end of time…the beginning of time. You must then think of something to say! Use these links for inspiration. http: //www. goodreads. com/quotes/show_tag? id=time http: //www. brainyquote. com/quotes/topic_time. html

BARBARA KRUGER • http: //www. barbarakruger. com/ • Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans. • I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work. • I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.

TASK 2 - Information Overload! Look at the work of Barbara Kruger online, find and print at least 5 examples of her work that you like. You are going to make a statement! Barbara Kruger’s work makes you think about serious issues – you are going to do the same. The topic for your work is ‘Technology’ You can approach this topic in any way you like: some suggestions could be…. New technologies, Weapons, Robots, the internet, communication, shopping online, loss of human contact, social network, hacking, cyber crime, nanotechnology, medical science, implants, science fiction, technology in the past, in the future, space travel. You must then think of something simple to say! Use these links to help you: http: //www. quotegarden. com/technology. html http: //www. brainyquote. com/quotes/topic_technology. html

HOMEWORK Download the ‘Image Analysis’ template from www. mrsamsartsite. weebly. com Use the form to analyze 2 Ed Ruscha works, and 2 works by Barbara Kruger. Include the image of the work on the template. Complete any unfinished classwork.