LESSON 9 Skills, Techniques and Production in Contemporary

• Collage


  A technique of art production used in visual artworks, made from an assemblage of different forms, creating a new whole. May include magazine/newspaper clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of colored/handmade papers, portions of other artworks or texts, photographs, and other found objects glued to paper or canvas.
• Decollage


  The opposite of collage. An image is created by cutting, treating away or otherwise removing pieces of an original image. The French word means "take-off" or "to become unglued" or "to become unstuck".
• Graffiti


  Writings or drawings that have been scribed, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often in a public space. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. May express underlying social and political messages. A whole genre of artistic expression is based on spray paint graffiti styles.
• Land Art, Earth Works, or Earth Arts


  An art movement in which landscape and art are inextricably linked. Uses natural materials such as soil, rocks, organic media (logs, branches, leaves), and water, as well as introduced materials like concrete, metal, asphalt, or mineral pigments.
• Digital Art


  Artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an essential part of the creative presentation process. Placed under the larger umbrella term new media art. A term applied to contemporary art that uses the method of mass production or digital media. Techniques used extensively by mainstream media in advertisement and by filmmakers.
• Mixed Media


  Artwork in which more than one medium has been employed. Combines various traditionally distinct visual art media, e.g. paint, ink, and collage on canvas.
• Print Making


  The process of making artworks by painting, normally on paper. Prints are created by transforming ink from a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other.
• Decalcomania


  The application of gouache to a surface of a material like metal, glass, and canvas.
• Decoupage


  Decorating an object by gluing cutouts of paper then coating it with transparent varnish.
• Frottage


  Art obtained through rubbing a crayon or a pencil on a piece of paper over an object or image.
• Montage


  A technique of making a picture placed overlapping another picture or design in order to form a blend.
• Trapunto


  A quilting technique that makes a raised design or area on a cloth or other materials.
• Digital Application

  The use of digital technology to create new media art or presentation.
• Importance of using art techniques

  • Resembles originality of an artist's work
  • Helps an artist create his/her own masterpiece with confidence
  • Features specific period of time for an artwork's style and technique
  • Explores the use of combined or mixed materials
• Significance of using available materials for artwork

  • Contributes meaning and aids understanding
  • Changes perception and level of appreciation
  • Increases cultural value
  • Enlivens one's creativity
  • Interests collectability and marketing