Instructions: 

Please include newspaper cutouts, magazines, flyers, pictures, found and readymade items...etc in your collage inspired by DADA collage.

This is your FINAL: artpiece; artist statement in G-doc; video with visual and QR code.

Use the rubrics for Lisa Alembik inspired artwork: discuss 4 aspects: artistic inspiration, artistic intentions, creative process, and meaning of the work of art in your written statement and in your video.

Post evidence of this work in Google. 

After our research into Dada, I have created a collage that I feel represents the Dada movement for me. Dada, in its inception, was created as a form of political and social resistance, commenting on modern ongoings while redefining what the world considers art. For my piece I wanted to highlight the ongoing struggles children face every day, and how simply casting light and attention on these issues can be incredibly influential. I included several images of children from magazines, surrounding them with the background of current issues, such as the bombings in Gaza, the ongoing threat of illnesses, and earthquakes in Turkey. I wanted to highlight how for so many children, innocence is stolen from them at such a young age, as children in another country or situation get to enjoy the right to a life without such traumas. 

This commentary seemed the most salient to me, especially around the holiday season, in which there is such a disparity from the children surrounding us and the ones experiencing these conditions.

Based on what resonates with you the most about Lisa Alembik as a female contemporary artist and her works of art and her artistic ideas, beliefs and values, create a work of art of your own.

1. Your work of art (artifact) stands for a K&T grade in IC.

2. Your written artist statement stands for a Writing Communication grade in IC.

3. Your formal oral presentation stands for a Oral Communication grade in IC.

Standard:  VAHSAH.CR.1 Create works of art that reinforce understanding of the visual and/or contextual aspects of specific art historical eras (e.g. contemporary art).

I can produce original works of art inspired by my understanding of the artworks done by a specific artist.

Driving Questions to be included in your artist statement: 

1. What did inspire you the most in Lisa Alembik's works of arts, and from her artistic ideas, beliefs and values?

2. What are your artistic intentions when creating your own original work of art?

3. How can you describe and explain your artistic decisions in your creative process?

4. What is the meaning of your artwork? 

When Ms. Alembik visited, she presented many examples of phases in her journey of artistic expression. The period of her work that spoke to me most were her Murder Ballads, which depicted scenes of stabbed women in settings that Alembik had drawn without them previously. She wanted to highlight violence against women. In a different work, I observed Alembik’s use of arachnids in the indoor settings she drew. I made the creative decision to include both a spider and a slain woman in my piece, incorporating two standout aspects of her work. 

I chose to involve the spider in the furniture of the room, making it the base of the dining table seen in my piece. Alembik stated in her visit that she drew spiders as protectors of space and the surroundings she drew. I included these two subjects to display protection of the victims of domestic violence. 

I faced a challenge in drawing the legs of the spider in my piece, making multiple attempts at making each of the eight legs visible in the piece. After a few iterations of my design, I came up with a solution I was satisfied with.