HWA CHONG INSTITUTION

JC2 Preliminary Examinations 2008

ART 8879/01
Higher 1
Higher 2
9750/01
Paper 1: Study of Visual Art 3 hours
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008
PICTURE INSERT
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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This insert contains illustrations for the questions.

Question 1 refers to Fig. 1
Question 2 refers to Fig. 2
Question 3 refers to Fig. 3a and 3b
Question 4 refers to Fig. 4a and 4b

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Fig 1 Personal Values by Rene Magritte, 1952
Oil on Canvas, 80 x 100 cm
Private collection

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Fig 2 National Language Class by Chua Mia Tee, 1950
Oil on canvas, 112 x 153 cm
Singapore Art Museum

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Fig 3a Untitled Film Still #84 by Cindy Sherman, 1980 [Fig. 3a]
Photograph, 20.3 x 25.4 cm

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Fig 3b New York Movie by Edward Hopper, 1939
Oil on canvas, 32 1/4 x 40 1/8 in.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

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Fig 4a Homebound by Mona Hatoum, 2000
Mixed Media Installation - Metal objects connected by copper wire with
240v of amplified electricity, kept behind wall of steel cables
Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany 2002,
Courtesy Jay Jopling/White Cube (London)

installation view

installation detail
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Fig 4b Mechanised Learning by Salleh Japar, 1993
Mixed Media, 95 x 170 x 51cm
Singapore Art Museum

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