IB DP RESOURCES
COMPARATIVE STUDY
(20%) Students at SL & HL analyze and compare different artworks by different artists. This independent critical and contextual investigation explores artworks, objects and artifacts from differing cultural contexts.
• SL & HL students submit 10–15 screens which examine and compare at least three artworks, at least two of which need to be by different artists. The works selected for comparison and analysis should come from contrasting contexts (local, national, international and/or intercultural).
• HL students submit 3–5 screens which analyze the extent to which their work and practices have been influenced by the art and artists examined.
• SL & HL students submit a list of sources used.
• SL & HL students submit 10–15 screens which examine and compare at least three artworks, at least two of which need to be by different artists. The works selected for comparison and analysis should come from contrasting contexts (local, national, international and/or intercultural).
• HL students submit 3–5 screens which analyze the extent to which their work and practices have been influenced by the art and artists examined.
• SL & HL students submit a list of sources used.
PROCESS PORTFOLIO
(40%) Students at SL & HL submit carefully selected materials which evidence their experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of visual arts activities during the two-year course.
• SL students submit 9–18 screens which evidence their sustained experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of art-making activities. For SL students the submitted work must be in at least two art-making forms, each from separate columns of the art-making forms table.
• HL students submit 13–25 screens which evidence their sustained experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of art-making activities. For HL students the submitted work must have been created in at least three art-making forms, selected from a minimum of two columns of the art-making forms table.
• SL students submit 9–18 screens which evidence their sustained experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of art-making activities. For SL students the submitted work must be in at least two art-making forms, each from separate columns of the art-making forms table.
• HL students submit 13–25 screens which evidence their sustained experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of art-making activities. For HL students the submitted work must have been created in at least three art-making forms, selected from a minimum of two columns of the art-making forms table.
EXHIBITION
(40%) Students at SL & HL submit for assessment a selection of resolved artworks from their exhibition. The selected pieces should show evidence of their technical accomplishment during the visual arts course and an understanding of the use of materials, ideas and practices appropriate to visual communication.
• SL students submit a curatorial rationale that does not exceed 400 words. HL students submit a curatorial rationale that does not exceed 700 words.
• SL students submit 4–7 artworks. HL students submit 8–11 artworks.
• SL & HL students submit exhibition text (stating the title, medium, size and intention) for each selected artwork.
SL & HL students must submit two photographs of their overall exhibition. These exhibition photographs provide an understanding of the context of the exhibition and the size and scope of the works. While the photographs will not be used to assess individual artworks, they also give the moderator insight into how a candidate has considered the overall experience of the viewer in their exhibition.
• SL students submit a curatorial rationale that does not exceed 400 words. HL students submit a curatorial rationale that does not exceed 700 words.
• SL students submit 4–7 artworks. HL students submit 8–11 artworks.
• SL & HL students submit exhibition text (stating the title, medium, size and intention) for each selected artwork.
SL & HL students must submit two photographs of their overall exhibition. These exhibition photographs provide an understanding of the context of the exhibition and the size and scope of the works. While the photographs will not be used to assess individual artworks, they also give the moderator insight into how a candidate has considered the overall experience of the viewer in their exhibition.
Art MAKING FORMS
TWO-DIMENSIONAL
Drawing: such as charcoal, pencil, ink, collage Painting: such as acrylic, oil, watercolour, murals Printmaking: such as relief, intaglio, planographic, chine collé Graphics: such as illustration and design, graphic novel, storyboard |
THREE-DIMENSIONAL
Carved sculpture: such as carved wood, stone, block Modelled sculpture: such as wax, polymer clays Constructed sculpture: such as assemblage, bricolage, wood, plastic, paper, glass Cast sculpture: such as plaster, wax, bronze, paper, plastic, glass Ceramics: such as hand- built forms, thrown vessels, mould-made objects Designed objects: such as models, interior design, jewellery Site specific/ephemeral: such as land art, installation, performance art Textiles: such as fibre, weaving, constructed textiles |
LENS-BASED
Time-based and sequential art: such as stop-motion, digital animation, video art Lens media: such as analogue (wet) photography, digital photography, montage Lens-less media: such as photogram/rayograph, scenography, pinhole photography, cyanotype, salted paper Digital/screen based: such as vector graphics, software developed painting, design and illustration |