"Beyond the classroom,...you will find it essential to be able to discuss your work with others when you attempt to obtain gallery shows, apply for grants and other sources of funding for your work, or present your designs to a client."
Respond to the following after reading Chapter 2 in your textbook:
1) Select a quote or phrase from one of the artist statements featured in Chapter 2 that you think is very different from how you think about making art, and describe how this idea is new and different to you.
2) What is the difference between denotation and connotation in terms of the interpretation of an artwork?
Kehinde Wiley's Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005
From Chapter 13 in your textbook "Making Art", respond to the following questions:
There is often a divide among those who look at and talk about art between an Intentionalist approach to understanding art, and an Interpretive one. It is often very important to those who take an Intentionalist stance to know something about the biography of the artist - who they are, what experiences they have had in their lives, what their cultural background is and how this affects their intentions. Others prefer to view the work of art without knowing these things and bring their own cultural associations and ideals to it. Look at the artwork by Willie Cole below.
1. First, bring your own interpretations to the artwork; what things do you associate with this radial form? What other forms do the iron burn marks remind you of? Why would he have used mattress padding instead of a more traditional medium like canvas? How do you interpret the meaning of this work?
Willie Cole, Sunflower, 1994 1994. Iron scorches and lacquer on canvas over mattress padding, 80 1/2 x 78”
2. Read the interview at this link. How does this change your view of the artwork?
Lastly, watch this tutorial on using layers in Photoshop:
During class, we watched a segment of NOVA's episode on fractals; Hunting the Hidden Dimension. Consider structure in chaos when you copy and repeat your designs to create this week's composition. The whole program is below:
Bring finished, mounted critique projects to our next class session for Midterm grading:
Rectangles compositions
Letterform compositions
Aaron Noble comic book ink drawings
Terry Winters drawings (2 computer, 2 ink)
We have talked in class about the power of Illustrator and vector graphics.
This week we will use vector graphics to trace a real-world object (the object you're scanning this week) and convert it to shapes. Watch the tutorials below in preparation for using the pen and pencil tools. They will introduce you to the tools. In class, you will teach each other what you've learned and work on mastering the tool. Your blog post for this week should acknowledge that you saw the tutorials, contain any questions you might have in preparation for class, and optionally - contain a link to a piece of graphic design you have found or like that uses vector graphics (flat, Illustrator shapes - some examples below).
