EXAM PAPER N°2 / VISUAL ARTS ( V.

A )

Level : MYP1
Academic year : 2021 - 2022

I. Answer the folowing questions

1. What is recycled art?
 what is called op art?
2.
3. Remind the process to make an optical art drawing.

4. Who is Georgia O’keefe ? what made her to famous?

5. What are the elements of art used to make her drawing? What technique
did she use ?

II.Read the folowing texts and anwser the questions.

Text 1
ABIDJAN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - As Ivorian artist Aristide Kouame combs the beach with a big
trash bag to gather discarded flip-flops and other footwear, he is aware that other beachgoers
probably take him for a desperate street trader or possibly a madman.
Little do they know that Kouame, 26, transforms the flotsam into artworks valued at up to
$1,000 by cutting the rubber and plastic soles into pieces that he assembles into large collages.
"This is the rubbish people have thrown into the sea and the sea brings it back to us because
it doesn't want it," he said on a beach in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial capital."I make art
from used shoes... It's a way to give life to the objects that litter the beaches." Sitting on the
floor of a narrow alley, Kouame carves shapes, letters and faces into the rubber soles of what
he has salvaged from the beach. He makes his own paint by grinding what scraps remain into
piles of technicolour pigment. His technique is both inexpensive and ecologically aware.
In just a few years, Kouame's original methods have caught the attention of Ivory Coast's art
establishment and his works have hung in galleries at home and abroad.
They range from large portraits of civil rights and political leaders such as Nelson Mandela to
abstracts evoking societal ills including climate change, COVID-19 and wealth inequality.
On a recent afternoon in a chic neighbourhood in southern Abidjan, several of Kouame's works
hung in a gallery frequented by foreign art collectors.
Its director enthusiastically ushered patrons towards three large collages, each consisting of
around 140 miniature portraits that Kouame carved from discarded flip-flops.
Around 13 million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world's oceans each year,
according to the United Nations. Two of Africa's worst culprits, Ghana and Nigeria, share the
same Atlantic coastline as the beach Kouame combs for supplies.
"My goal is to get people to question the issue of their environment, in order to create a better
life," Kouame said, solemnly looking back toward the plastic faces.

1/2 GOOD LUCK !!!

 EXAM PAPER N°1 / VISUAL ARTS ( V.A )

Level : MYP2
Academic year : 2021 - 2022

Answer the questions after reading this text

Georgia O’Keeffe biography

Georgia O’Keeffe, (born November 15, 1887, near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, U.S.—
died March 6, 1986, Santa Fe, New Mexico),
American painter who was among the most influential figures in Modernism, best known for her large-format
paintings of natural subjects, especially flowers and bones, and for her depictions of New York City skyscrapers
and architectural and landscape forms unique to northern New Mexico.
Early years, O’Keeffe grew up with six siblings on a Wisconsin dairy farm and received art lessons at home
as a child.
Throughout her school years, teachers recognized and cultivated her ability to draw and paint. Upon
graduation from high school, O’Keeffe determined to become a professional artist.
She played an important part in the development of modern art in America, becoming the first female
painter to gain respect in New York's art world in the 1920s. Her unique and new way of painting nature,
simplifying its shapes and forms meant that she was called a pioneer.
The power of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork derives from her mastery of essential elements of art making:
line, color, and composition. To understand the richness of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artistic practice, this exhibition
reveals her disciplined drawing practice, dramatic color palette, and innovative sense for composition
through paintings and drawings that span her career. The presentation offers fresh insight into the importance
of line in her work—from preliminary sketches and drawings, to the fluid, seemingly effortless outlines that
define regions of her canvas and divide her compositions into dynamic zones of color, be it the curve of a
flower petal, the horizon of a landscape, or the contour of an abstract form. A brilliant colorist, O’Keeffe
created strong, vibrant works with colors that glow with energy and vitality. Holding all of this together in
harmonious balance is her sense for composition. Time and time again in her work, we see an artist pushing
the boundaries, in some cases quite literally with lines and forms racing off the edge of the canvas, yet
somehow she always manages to maintain a sense of stability and produce works that are visually engaging.
O’Keeffe’s facility with a variety of media—pastel, charcoal, watercolor, and oil—combined with her sense for
line, color, and composition to produce deceptively simple works. Her confidence in handling these elements
makes her style of painting look effortless. Our intent with this exhibition is not to eliminate the mystery of her
artwork, but rather to deepen the appreciation of her skill and unique talents as one of the most technically
proficient and artistically innovative artists of the twentieth century.

1.What are the elements of art?

2. What made Georgia O'Keeffe unique?
3. Why is Georgia O'Keeffe important in history?
4. What is Georgia O Keeffe's artistic style or art movement called?
5. what techniques did Georgia O’Keeffe use?
6. How to reproduce a picture , explain the process.
7. Identify elements of art used in these pictures from Georgia’s drawings?

1/2 GOOD LUCK !!!

 Level : MYP1
Academic year : 2021 - 2022

Text 2
Born 1988 in Katiola, Côte d'Ivoire
He lives and works in Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire. After several years as a traditional portraitist,
Saint Etienne Yeanzi redefined his relationship with portraiture. Breaking from conventional art
practices, he now explores unique techniques consisting of melting wasted plastic materials –
collected from the streets of Abidjan – on paper or canvas. He reveals the beauty and
aestheticism of the individual through the ashes of wasted trash, while at the same time
questioning the vast amounts of waste suffocating society.
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There is no denying that Yeanzi was impacted by the Ivorian Civil War that started in 2011,
a brutal tragedy that shook the country. Despite this, his art is relentlessly optimistic.
His works do not only aim to recount trauma and violence of the past but instead strive to show
the authentic spirit of Ivorians. Yeanzi studied painting and photography at the Ecole des Beaux
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of his works entered the collection of the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary
Art, Rabat. His unique technique involves collecting plastic materials from the streets of Abidjan
and melting them on paper or canvas.

1. After reading the 2 articles , make a comparative study from those two ivorian
artists, what are the differences in their style?

2.What inspired those two artists to use a such technique?

3. Write your own comment to express yourself about the benefits of these styles
for our country , does it really contribute to solve our environmental issues ?
( Minimum 8 lines and maximum 15 lines )

Drawing activity (Pratical)

Make a drawing using the op art technique learnt in class. decorate it with
complementary colors .

2/2 GOOD LUCK !!!

 Level : MYP2
Academic year : 2021 - 2022

Drawing activity (Pratical)

Choose only one drawing from those three pictures , then reproduce it on your paper.

2/2 GOOD LUCK !!!

 EXAM PAPER N°1 / VISUAL ARTS ( V.A )

Level : MYP3
Academic year : 2021 - 2022

Answer the questions after reading this text

Georgia O’Keeffe biography

Georgia O’Keeffe, (born November 15, 1887, near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, U.S.—
died March 6, 1986, Santa Fe, New Mexico),
American painter who was among the most influential figures in Modernism, best known for her large-format
paintings of natural subjects, especially flowers and bones, and for her depictions of New York City skyscrapers
and architectural and landscape forms unique to northern New Mexico.
Early years, O’Keeffe grew up with six siblings on a Wisconsin dairy farm and received art lessons at home
as a child.
Throughout her school years, teachers recognized and cultivated her ability to draw and paint. Upon
graduation from high school, O’Keeffe determined to become a professional artist.
She played an important part in the development of modern art in America, becoming the first female
painter to gain respect in New York's art world in the 1920s. Her unique and new way of painting nature,
simplifying its shapes and forms meant that she was called a pioneer.
The power of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork derives from her mastery of essential elements of art making:
line, color, and composition. To understand the richness of Georgia O’Keeffe’s artistic practice, this exhibition
reveals her disciplined drawing practice, dramatic color palette, and innovative sense for composition
through paintings and drawings that span her career. The presentation offers fresh insight into the importance
of line in her work—from preliminary sketches and drawings, to the fluid, seemingly effortless outlines that
define regions of her canvas and divide her compositions into dynamic zones of color, be it the curve of a
flower petal, the horizon of a landscape, or the contour of an abstract form. A brilliant colorist, O’Keeffe
created strong, vibrant works with colors that glow with energy and vitality. Holding all of this together in
harmonious balance is her sense for composition. Time and time again in her work, we see an artist pushing
the boundaries, in some cases quite literally with lines and forms racing off the edge of the canvas, yet
somehow she always manages to maintain a sense of stability and produce works that are visually engaging.
O’Keeffe’s facility with a variety of media—pastel, charcoal, watercolor, and oil—combined with her sense for
line, color, and composition to produce deceptively simple works. Her confidence in handling these elements
makes her style of painting look effortless. Our intent with this exhibition is not to eliminate the mystery of her
artwork, but rather to deepen the appreciation of her skill and unique talents as one of the most technically
proficient and artistically innovative artists of the twentieth century.

1.What are the elements of art?

2. What made Georgia O'Keeffe unique?
3. Why is Georgia O'Keeffe important in history?
4. What is Georgia O Keeffe's artistic style or art movement called?
5. what techniques did Georgia O’Keeffe use?
6. How to reproduce a picture , explain the process.
7. Identify elements of art used in these pictures from Georgia’s drawings?

1/2 GOOD LUCK !!!

 Level : MYP3
Academic year : 2021 - 2022

Drawing activity (Pratical)

Choose only one drawing from those three pictures , then reproduce it on your paper.

2/22/2 GOOD LUCK !!!