Exploring Themes in Art
After your first year (G11) of IB Art, you should come back to start your 12th grade year with a specific theme or combo of themes to explore in your remainder of studio projects.
Your body of studio work that is part of your art exhibition should all have a cohesive theme that ties the work together.
Your body of studio work that is part of your art exhibition should all have a cohesive theme that ties the work together.
Universal human commonalities
We all: • Experience the life cycles • Work • Use symbols • Know time and place • Search for a larger purpose • Have an aesthetic response • Seek social bonding • Have a connection to nature |
Enduring ideas:
• Identity • Survival • Conflict • Spirituality • Fantasy • Power • Rites of passage • Change • Ritual • Celebration • Heroes • Ancestry |
If one of these enduring ideas appeals to you, how can you focus in more? Start to become more specific. Put your enduring idea in context.
Below are links to pages that will help you figure out what theme(s) are already recurring in your work.
Art Through Time
A list of 13 overarching themes with resources of artworks and artists exploring each theme. |