Subjective frame? Oh what? (1 Viewer)

[ailingtastic]

I'm pretty confident about discussing each frame i.e. post-modern, cultural and structural but the subjective frame... hmmm, that's a bit of a worry :S
Like, how can you go into an exam and talk about the subjective frame without doing prior research on the artist and how their personal thoughts and experiences are reflected in the artwork? Or what intimate and private characteristics are known about the artist?
& the type of emotive response the artwork provokes? Oh what, what if I'm really apathetic and it doesn't invoke any emotions in me? HAHA

Confusedddd

 

[Cinnamonster]

I've never been a fan of the subjective frame either.
I assume you're talking about the first three questions in an exam (5, 8 or 12 mark questions) because if its the essay then you shouldn't have a problem. I suppose what I would do is just assume things.
Take for instance an artwork by Kathe Kollwitz. When you first look at it you automatically know that it's about grief or loss (I studied Kollwitz, but forget about that. I could tell right away when we were given pictures of her work that it was about something depressing). Look at the title of the work to gain clues (hoping that it's nothing cryptic or metaphorical), the date of the artwork (gain an idea as to when the artist worked), use of colour, symbols, techniques, the way the work is created and so on.
Pretend like the artwork has invoked an emotive response. You won't believe how easy it is to sound as if you have a great appreciation for an artwork that you don't particularly enjoy. If you use the right adjectives and sentence structure then it's so easy to pretend that the artwork has invoked some sort of emotive response. It helps to consider the audience too (which I know is part of the conceptual framework but who cares?). Consider how you think they might react to an artwork and write about what someone else's response would be instead. If not, then explain why your response to an artwork is the way it is (although I don't know if we're actually supposed to talk about our own personal response... do we?). I find art is similar to English in that if you can pick up on something in an artwork and then say what you think it means and provide a decent enough reason why you think so then you'll be fine. All you need to do is make your point clear, well reasoned and succicnt.
See, I have trouble with the subjective frame too. I'm not a fan. It's too wishy washy and vague. When I get to the essay questions in the HSC exam I'm heading straight to the questions about Practice or a question about the structural frame.

Hoped some of that helped.