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Promotional Examination 2008

Pre-university 2

ART 8879
Higher 1

Paper Study of Visual Arts 8879

Friday 19 September 3h 00m

Additional materials: Answer paper

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, class and admission number in the spaces at the top of this page and
on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use diagrams if they help you to clarify your answer.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid

Answer three questions.

All parts (a-c) of one from Section A.
All parts (a-c) of one from Section B.
One from Section C

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
Submit your question papers along with your answers.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.
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Section A: Structured Questions

Answer all three parts (a-c) of one question.

1. I Remember by Amanda Heng 2005 [Fig. 1]

First performed as part of The Necessary Stage M1 Singapore Fringe
Festival Singapore

(a) Discuss the mode of representation of the work. [10]

(b) What are the ideas behind the work? [10]

(c) Evaluate the success of this work in terms of emotionalism

and symbolism.
[10]

Total [30]

2. Bicycle Wheel by Marcel Duchamp 1915 [Fig. 2]

Ready-mades, 124 cm

(a) Describe and analyse the work. [10]

(b) What is the underlying concept behind the artwork? [10]

(c) How does Marcel Duchamp influence the use of ready-mades

in contemporary South East Asian works?
[10]

Total [30]

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Section B: Structured Comparison Question

Answer all three parts (a-c) of one question.

3a. Pharmacy by Damian Hirst 1992 [Fig. 3a]

Installation
Cohen Gallery, New York

3b. I Like America, America Likes Me by Joseph Beuys 1974 [Fig. 3b]
Performance
Rene Block Gallery, New York

(a) What are the mechanisms of representation in both works? [10]

(b) Compare the underlying concepts behind the two works. [10]

(c) Evaluate which of these works you find more successful in

delivering the artists’ intentions.
[10]

Total [30]

4a. Something Pacific by Nam June Paik 1986 [Fig. 4a]

Video Installation

4b. Heaven and Earth by Bill Viola 1990 [Fig. 4b]

Video Sculpture

(a) Comment on the use of materials by both artists. [10]

(b) Discuss the meaning behind the artists’ works. [10]

(c) Compare the effectiveness of the employment of these

materials.
[10]

Total [30]

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Section C: Essay Questions

Answer one question.

5. Discuss how social commentary is portrayed in the works of any one of

the following artists. You may compare with another artist from the same
list.

Dede Eri Supria

Bayu Utomo Radjikin
Tang Da Wu [30]

6. How has the emergence of new media challenged the form and content of
art? You may use more than one artist to discuss the topic.

[30]

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