Robert Indiana

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Robert Indiana

• Summer GATE Academy

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The Artist as a Young Man
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1. What do these remind you of?
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2. Similarities and Differences?
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3. What are some recurring themes?
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4. Why did he use these symbols?
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5. What Do You Think He was trying To Say?
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6. When do numbers and text say more than they
are?
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Demuth
One artist inspires another
The Great Figure William Carlos Williams  
Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5
in gold on a red firetruck moving tense
unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and
wheels rumbling through the dark city.
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From Stamps to Sculpture
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Theme?
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Which piece came first? Why the change?
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7. Identity Whats in a name?
Robert E. Clark Robert Indiana
Norma Jean Marilyn Monroe
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What was the artist trying to say in this piece?
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What do you think the artist is trying to say?
Why is he using these symbols?
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8. Robert Indiana uses recurring symbols and
words, what are some that youve noticed? Why do
you think he uses them?
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Whats going on here?
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Making Art

• Create your own Indiana inspired work using the
  media of your choice collage, drawing, painting
  or mixed media.
• See student example at right.