Defying Empire:

Sam JINKS The deposition 2017
Purchased 2017

Learning resource

Sam Jinks

‘I don’t like realism for realism’s sake. Instead engaging someone, causing a physical reaction, is enough.’

Discussion Questions

What emotional reaction do you have when looking at Sam Jinks’ Woman and Child 2010?
What relationship is shown between the woman and child in this work of art?

How do the artists’ choices to reduce the human scale and the realism of the technique affect your response to this work?
What historical imagery and artworks do you think Sam Jinks was influenced by when creating this and many of his other sculpted works?

Art Making

Create a series of four drawings as a plan for a figurative sculpture. These four drawings must illustrate front, rear and side views for a three dimensional sculpture. Create a diagrammatic drawing, with measurements that details the intended scale of your sculpture to accompany your drawings.
Create a maquette sculpture from air-dry clay that embodies the idea of maternal love. Your work can range from the realistic to the abstract but attempt to imbue the work with emotion.

Case Study The female as mother and nurturer

In the Western, Christian art tradition the depiction of Madonna and child has been a prominent motif since the 14^th Century. The theme of motherhood spans millennia and across cultures. Discuss this motif in regards to Sam Jinks’ Woman and child 2010. Consider how modern and contemporary artists in the 20^th and 21^st centuries represent motherhood.
Compare and analyse the intimate and transient moment captured by Jinks’ Woman and child 2010 with The Bronze Weaver c 6^th C and Female form c. 1952. Pay particular attention to the materials used as well as the time period and cultural contexts of the artists.

Research Links

http://www.samjinks.com/essay.html

Search for works by this artist in the national collection.