Art

1. Carah and Louw argue that “by becoming a manager of audience participation, journalism obscures the power relationships it once might have exposed or scrutinised”. How is this seen in their description of ‘Operation Bounce Back’?

2. According to Fitzpatrick, how can ‘trial by social media’ undermine key pillars of democratic law? Refer to at least one of the examples in the article.

Carah, Nicholas and Eric Louw (2012) ‘Inundated by the audience: journalism, audience participation and the 2011 Brisbane flood’, Media International Australia, number 144, pp. 137-144

Fitzpatrick, Lauren (2013), ‘Protecting the right to a fair trial’, Precedent, issue 117, pp. 10-14

NOTE: Be certain to be comprehensive in your responses in order to receive full credit. One or two sentence responses are NOT acceptable.

OK — Why in the world is there an apple above this guys head? Are we being deceived by the artist?

1 – When you read this chapter and digest some of what the author has to say, what is significant to you about the author’s and others’ perspectives of Magritte’s art?

2 – When you look at Matgritte’s works, how do you interpret what the artist is trying to communicate?

3 – After reading the author’s and other interpretations of Magritte’s works, how do you view the works differently than when you first saw the images?

4 – What have you learned about Magritte that you didn’t know before?

5 – How has that changed your viewp01oint of his art – if any?

6 – What is Suzi Gablik’s perspective of Magritte’s works?
a – What makes Gablik’s perspective unique?
b – When Gablik states that Magritte is like a “philosopher who uses paint to express ideas”, what does she mean?

7 – What does the author mean by the statement, “Interpretations of artworks need not be limited to what the artist intended in making those artworks.” ?

Read the personal interpretations of Magritte under the section of the chapter “Magritte and Everyday Interpreters”.

8 – Give one example of an interpretation from the fourth grade class and share how this interpretation gives you insight or meaning into Magritte’s works.

9 – Give one example of an interpretation from the high school, college class, or from that of the instructors and share how this interpretation gives you insight or meaning into Magritte’s works.

10 – In what way does your experience with the contents of this chapter give you insight with regard to viewing art?

Here is the website for the chapter

https://myweb.rollins.edu/rsimmons/cat/readings_files/interpreting%20art.pdf