Digital Sketchbook (Contemporary Art Practice)

For ease of access, below is a list of links that tie into my Contemporary Art Practice work, in chronological order.  The below serves as my sketchbook for this unit:

Artist Profile - Jean Tinguely

Artist Profile - Michael Craig-Martin

Concepts - First idea: Deconstruction

Concepts - Second idea: Acts of War

Concepts - Third idea: Fighting Depression

Development and Creation of Prototype

Evaluation

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