Practice Metalanguage

Question 1

Physical actions done to achieve the representation of an idea

Answer 1

Artmaking Practice

Question 2

Materials used to achieve the representation of an idea

Answer 2

Material Practice

Question 3

An idea that is represented through physical actions or use of material

Answer 3

Conceptual Practice

Question 4

Things done with purpose

Answer 4

Intentions

Question 5

Things thought about being done

Answer 5

Choices

Question 6

Things done and the way they’re done

Answer 6

Actions
Procedures
Processes

Question 7

Methods of tackling something artistically with planned steps or a logical method

Answer 7

Strategies

Question 8

Methods or ideas that are ingrained into a culture

Answer 8

Traditions

Conventions

Question 9

New, exciting, groundbreaking methods or ideas

Answer 9

Technical innovation

Avant-garde

Question 10

Someone or something that inspired an artist in an impactful way

Answer 10

Influence

Question 11

Something that is new to a community and catches on among other members of the community

Answer 11

Trends

Question 12

Using devices for art (especially those of the post industrial to contemporary age)

Answer 12

Use of technology

Question 13

A main point or idea of an artist’s body of work

Answer 13

Career focus

Question 14

The artistic career of an artist i.e. the stuff they’ve made over the years, especially those which have a unified theme or focus

Answer 14

Body of Work

Question 15

The more early potentially naive works of an artist

Answer 15

Early Works

Question 16

The most important and career or life defining works of an artist

Answer 16

Key works

Question 17

The idiosyncrasies of action an artist will partake in

Answer 17

Work habits

Question 18

Art made by a single person

Answer 18

Individual practice

Question 19

Art made by a bunch of people

Answer 19

Collective practice

Collaborative practice

Question 20

A certain aesthetic that an artist uses in their works

Answer 20

Style

Question 21

People or things that are the focus of a piece

Answer 21

Subjects

Question 22

Main ideas that are present in the work/s

Answer 22

Themes

Question 23

The shapes of the work

Answer 23

Forms

Question 24

The stuff the work is made out of

Answer 24

Materials

Question 25

The things done by an artist

Answer 25

Techniques

Question 26

Work that is a log of information or images

Answer 26

Documentation

Question 27

Places where art is displayed to others

Answer 27

Exhibitions

Galleries

Question 28

People who deal art and stuff

Answer 28

Art dealers

Question 29

People who talk about works and stuff

Answer 29

Curators

Question 30

The conditions of society which are of interest to the artist due to how it impacts them

Answer 30

Social concerns/interest