The context3 model will be incorporated in the critical analysis of the Saudi woman artworks.Using context model will ensure that the information is well organized, and expressed in a simple and structured manner to the better understanding of the content as an interpretive method of inquiry into the understanding of the nature and spirit of Saudi woman art.The Commentary model4, involves an annotation, explication on the artworks. As "the meansby which the investigation [entailed in the creative or production process] is explained or described" (Mann and Fletcher 2004). This model has the advantage of establishing the relationship between the exegesis and the creative or production component of a research thesis - the exegesis is a commentary on the creative work or production piece, to preserves the theory-practice divide. So that creative and production practices are the primary terms and academic writing is the supplement.The rationaleAs a Saudi female artist, I find this PhD program is an opportunity to explore the experience of contemporary art in Saudi Arabia through woman artist perspective who belong to the same conservative society. Practice-based research by creative practitioner is a matter of personal interest as a means of expressing personal thought and a creative medium of articulating ideas and memories (Kingston 2007). For example, artistic works in Saudi reflects the ideologies about women and the society in general. However, the main interest in this study is to articulate themes of middle class, religious characteristics, and the male dominance in Saudi Arabia. Empirical reviews suggest that the barriers to the position of women in Saudi include cultural, religious as well as emotional and perceptual barriers (Fluri 2005). This research proposal is therefore centered on the artistic character of the Saudi woman as defined by her nature and other significant factors (whether innate or acquired) that have shaped her artistic abilities.3 Context model has been identified by Milech & Schilo (2004), in it; the exegesis performs the role of a contextualising text. In this model, the researcher chooses a topic of discussion from one or more of the wider contexts of the creative practice, such as theoretical and philosophical frameworks, an historical or critical analysis of related practitioners and precedents, or the professional and industrial conditions of the practice.4 According to (Milech and Schilo 2004) the commentary modle is “explanatory annotation” and focuses on the creative process, the creative works. Its a reflexive, personal and subjective account by the researcher, who speaks as an insider who draws on what they uniquely know and have experienced in relation to their creative works and processes.

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