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    Reading & Writing

    Task 3 – Reading into Writing:


    Contemporary Art
    At a glance
    Level: ISE III

    Focus: Task 3 – Reading into writing

    Aims: Students practise writing an essay based on four texts that they
    have read

    Objectives: Students can demonstrate their understanding of the input


    texts in a short written text, students can write a coherent text in the
    required format and students can locate and summarise/ paraphrase
    ideas and attitudes provided in the texts

    Skill: Incorporate information from input texts into a written report

    Topic: The arts

    Language functions: Expressing abstract ideas, expressing


    assumptions, developing an argument, defending a point of view,
    summarising ideas, information and arguments and evaluating different
    standpoints

    Lexis: Vocabulary related to contemporary art

    Materials needed: Whiteboard, paper and pens and one student


    worksheet per student

    Timing: 75 minutes

    Procedure
    Preparation
    Print and photocopy one student worksheet per student.

    In class
    1. Tell students they are going to perform a writing task similar to Task 3
    – Reading into writing in the ISE III Reading & Writing exam. Tell
    students the text will be about the work of a contemporary artist.
    2. Write this quote on the board:
    “Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try
    to understand them” (Freddie Mercury)
    Reading & Writing

    Ask students to discuss in groups of 3 whether they agree or disagree.


    After 5 minutes elicit some feedback.
    3. Put students in pairs. Give out one student worksheet per student and
    ask the students to focus on the four texts. Ask them to discuss what
    kind of text they think each text is and where they would expect to
    find it. After two minutes, discuss as a class.
    Example answers:
    Text A – A review of an art exhibition. It could be found in a
    newspaper or magazine in the entertainment section.
    Text B – A description of a painting. It could be found next to the
    painting in an art gallery.
    Text C – A timeline of Ricky Hemming’s life. It could be found on a fan
    website.
    Text D - An online forum on Ricky Hemming’s work. It could be found
    following an online article about the same topic.
    4. Tell students that in pairs they are going to produce two drawings.
    Write on the board:
    1. A floor plan of the exhibition based on the information in text A
    2. A reproduction of the painting based on the description in text B
    Tell students they have ten minutes to produce both. Monitor and
    check the students‟ progress. After the task, if possible, share some
    good examples with the class.
    5. Now tell the students that they are going to focus on the writing task.
    Ask the students to read the Writing Instructions on the student
    worksheet.
    6. Tell the students they have ten minutes to plan the task. In order to
    help them plan, ask them to note down their answers to the questions
    in the box. Monitor and make sure they are planning in note form,
    not full sentences.
    7. Tell students they have 30 minutes to write the task. After 25
    minutes, ask students to stop writing and to check their work for
    errors.
    Collect in their writing and mark for the next lesson. When returning their
    work, provide the model answer for students to compare with their own
    work. Ask the students to discuss how they could improve their own work
    in the future.
    Reading & Writing

    Extension activity
    Students who finish more quickly can be asked to invent and write more
    entries for the forum in text D.

    Further support activity


    For weaker students, the writing task can be broken down into stages.
    Firstly, ask them to write a paragraph summarising the opinions of those
    who believe that the artist‟s work is true art. Secondly, ask them to write
    another paragraph summarising the opinions of those who do not believe
    that the artist‟s work is true art. Thirdly, ask them to write a final
    paragraph stating their own opinion. Finally, they can add a short
    introduction and conclusion.

    After class
    At home, students can research another contemporary artist and produce
    a timeline of their life.
    Reading & Writing

    Student Worksheet
    Task 3 - Reading into Writing:
    Contemporary Art

    Practise for Task 3 – Reading into writing of the ISE III Reading & Writing
    exam.
    Read the following texts about a contemporary artist, and then perform
    the writing task below.
    Reading Texts
    Text A
    A review of “Inside” – a new exhibition by Ricky Hemmings
    Ricky Hemmings is one of Britain‟s best known contemporary artists. This
    exhibition shows his series of representations of body parts made from
    steel, plastic and paper. Bold, colourful, and often large in scale, the
    sculptures are instantly recognisable as the human organs presented in
    biology textbooks. The same organs are present in three different rooms,
    but in each one they are in a different medium. In room one, the heart is
    made of paper, while the lungs are plastic. In room two, the heart is
    plastic, while the lungs are steel and so forth. The position of the body
    parts also changes in each room, as does the angle at which each is
    placed.
    London is first to host the exhibition, before it travels to Venice at Palazzo
    Grassi, then on to other European cities.

    Text B
    A description of “The Zoo” – a painting by Ricky Hemmings
    “The Zoo” won Ricky Hemmings the Surrealist painting of the year award
    in 2000. It is an oil painting on canvas. The painting has the simple,
    childlike quality that is present in much of his work.
    As you can see, in the cage in the middle of the picture are a man,
    woman and child, presumably a family. Outside of the cage are a lion,
    tiger and bear, all looking in. The most striking thing about the painting is
    the colours. While the people in the cage are colourless, depicted solely in
    beiges and greys, the animals are painted in luminous orange, green and
    yellow.
    Critics described The Zoo as thought-provoking and surreal. For some
    viewers, the image is disturbing, as it subverts the natural order of
    things. Others find it comical. Notice how the child in the cage is pointing
    a toy camera towards the tiger, who in turn appears to be posing for the
    photograph.
    Reading & Writing

    Text C

    Timeline of Ricky Hemming’s life

    He began his studies He won the His second


    Ricky was born exhibition,
    at the University of Surrealist painter of
    in Boston, “Inside”, opened
    the Arts in London the year award for
    Lincolnshire in London
    „The Zoo‟

    His first exhibition,


    1975
    “Scenes I‟d like to
    see”, opened in
    Paris

    1975 1988 1993 1996 1998 2000 2010 2014

    Ricky ran away from Clarissa divorced


    home to live with his Ricky and moved
    uncle in Cornwall to the US
    Ricky married reality
    TV star Clarissa Ricky‟s uncle died
    Miles, despite the 20 when a routine
    He graduated operation went wrong
    year age gap
    from university
    with a first class
    degree
    Reading & Writing

    Text D

    An online debate about the work of Ricky Hemmings

    Ricky Hemmings – the greatest artist of our times?

    Carla There is no doubt in my mind that RH is number one. I‟ve


    just been to see “Inside” at the Royal Academy and it blew
    me away.

    Aslan I‟m not keen on the sculptures, but I love his paintings.
    “The Zoo” is hilarious.

    Mariola RH isn‟t an artist. His paintings are ridiculous and his


    sculptures look like they form part a nursery school project.
    How can a gigantic plastic blue heart be classed as art?

    Carla @ Mariola. You need to go to see the exhibition. One


    sculpture taken out of context doesn‟t tell the whole story.

    Mariola What story is that?

    Guido I quite like “The Zoo” – but I‟m not sure what it means?

    Carla @ Mariola. My interpretation is that “Inside” is a comment


    on our organs, how they are all the same, but different. How
    one heart is more fragile than another heart, and so on.

    Mariola Whatever. They‟re just a bunch of ugly models to me.

    Carla @ Guido. “The Zoo” was painted in the same year that RH
    split up with CM. I think it expresses his disillusion with
    humanity and family life.

    Aslan I don‟t think you need to understand art to appreciate it – if


    a painting provokes an emotion in me then that‟s enough. I
    actually think “The Zoo” is funny, it makes me laugh.

    Guido But there is something unsettling about it – it made me


    uncomfortable at the same time as making me laugh.

    Sun @ Carla. I completely agree with you about “Inside”. I read


    somewhere RH recently lost the uncle that brought him up
    thanks to an operation that went wrong…

    Raquel It‟s all a load of rubbish. Art should display talent and skill.
    RH paints and sculpts like a five-year-old!
    Reading & Writing

    Writing Task
    Use the information from the 4 texts you have read to write a short essay
    (200 - 230 words) entitled:

    "To what extent do you agree that the art of Ricky Hemmings is
    true art?"

    Plan your report before you start writing. Make some notes in response to
    the questions in the box to help with your planning:

    1) What type of art does Ricky Hemmings produce?

    2) What do people who like his art say about it?

    3) What do people who don‟t like his art say about it?

    4) What is the definition of “true art”?

    5) In your opinion, does Ricky Hemmings‟ art fit this definition?

    Now write your essay of 200-230 words. Try to use your own words as
    far as possible.
    Reading & Writing

    Model Answer:
    In this essay, I am going to discuss the work of one of Britain‟s most
    controversial contemporary artists, Ricky Hemmings, and evaluate
    whether his work can be classed as “true art”.

    “The Zoo” is an oil painting of a caged family, observed from outside by


    three wild animals. The animals are painted in fluorescent colours, while
    the people are painted in neutral colours.

    “Inside” is an exhibition made up of a series of representations of large,


    colourful body parts in steel, plastic and paper. There are three different
    rooms each containing the same body parts, but in each room they are
    made of different materials and placed in different positions.

    Both works have received a mixed reaction. Some think that “The Zoo” is
    essentially a humorous piece, while others find it disconcerting. Many
    believe that it is an expression of Hemmings‟ disillusionment with family
    life.

    Many have commented that the sculptures that constitute “Inside” are
    infantile and meaningless. On the contrary, others argue that they form a
    comment on the fragility of the human condition.

    In my opinion, any work which compels us to spend time looking at it and


    pondering its meaning is true art. Therefore, Hemmings‟ work is indeed
    true art. There may not be universal agreement about its aesthetic value,
    but it definitely provokes people to ask questions about the artist‟s
    intentions.

    Websites used:
    http://www.artbeyondsight.org/mei/verbal-description-training/samples-
    of-verbal-description/

    http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/henri-matisse-
    cut-outs

    http://www.saatchigallery.com/current/ben_quilty.htm

    http://www.yorkblog.com/artist/files/2014/06/Jeff-Koons-timeline-big.jpg
    http://makingamark.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/major-art-competitions-in-
    uk-in-2013.html

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