Chapter 3: Agencies in the Artworld Flashcards
This is a term that refers to the tangible, or visible, expressions by people, a state, or a civilization and collectively describes the characteristics of that body as a whole.
Visual culture
It is studying a work that uses art history, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, intertwined with everything that one sees in his day-to-day life advertising, landscape, buildings, photographs, movies, paintings, apparel anything within our culture that communicates through visual means.
Visual culture
It analyzes the act of seeing as ‘tension between the external object and the internal thought processes.’
Visual culture
It is the collective evidence overlapping that boundary.
Visual culture
It is a dynamic art form that evolves in front of our eyes and influences us.
Visual culture
Who said that The Conceptual Framework comprises four agencies Artist, Artwork, World, and Audience. These components highlight the cause and effect of the art world.
Malyon, C. (2004)
What are the 4 Agencies of the Artworld according to Malyon, C. (2004)
- Artist
- Artwork
- Audience
- World
This is referred to as the one who makes the artwork and establishes representation and intentions.
- ________ attempt to connect to the audience through their artwork.
Artist
It is the object that shows the artist’s intentions and ideas by their technical innovation and finesse.
Artwork
- These are the people who view and comment on the artwok
- These include historians and critics throughout history as they documented thoughts and tastes of that period.
Audience
It refers to the time and place where the artist, audience, and artwork reside.
World
- It allows for a deeper focus on particular aspects of artworks and artist practice
- it helps to understand artists and their artworks
The Frames
What are the 4 frames?
- Subjective Frame
- Cultural Frame
- Structural Frame
- Postmodern Frame
It is used to make sense of artworks, decipher codes, put artworks into context, highlight important aspects, and provide parameters for study (Malyon, C., 2004).
The frames
- This frame can be used to interpret art from a personal or individual perspective.
- It give a particular perspective about relationships between the ‘agencies of the art world’ - artist, artwork, audience, and world.
The Subjective Frame
These are individuals whose practice is informed by their personal experiences, including their thoughts, emotions, memories, and imagination
Artists
It understoods as records of personal experiences, feelings, memories, and/or the imagination.
Artwork
It interpret artworks personally and may relate aspects of the artwork to their own experiences.
Audiences
