Digital drawings made in response to found objects.
Contemporary Drawing Practices ART 304
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Johnnie Dady, Artist
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| "I set myself a short exercise: to cut and fold a large cardboard box into the form of a vespa [at real scale] that was parked outside the studio. I intended the cardboard to remain as a continuous piece so the task had to be approached by folding rather than being constructed from fragments. I wanted, if possible, to retain the identity of the box. Having managed to realise a version of the scooter I then repaired and reinstated the box to its former volume." Link here for more images. |
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| My London Studio [2005] aquarelle pencil, biro, gesso, pins, tracing paper on paper 1080 x 1000 mm Link here for more drawings. |
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| Link here for more of this body of work. |
Adrian Merz, Artist
Adrian Merz from Switzerland, a student in visual communication, created the 'Winter 1972' project by using thousands of white post-it notes in a living room.
Link here. Merz documented the entire process.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Final Project Guidelines
The Final Project for this class
is a body of work. 50% of the work will
come from your Quick Challenges. You
will be using work you already completed to expand upon. You will decide on an idea/theme/process
that you explored in a Quick Challenge and continue to add this body of work. The
final project will demonstrate continued development in an area previously
explored and reflect your ideas about contemporary and conceptual drawing
practices. I have set aside class days
for each of you to “lay out” every quick challenge that you did during the
semester. As a class we will discuss
your work; repeating themes or approaches, common details or ideas. From this discussion you will decide how to
proceed.
Ask yourself, "What is it that I wish to communicate visually?" "What materials and processes can be used to successfully communicate my idea?"
Step 1, Do Some Research:
Post at least 3 pieces of research on your blog. Each piece of research is to include a brief statement as to why you find the information important. Research includes sources used in your planning process of the final project. Sources include images of another artists work, images of historical artifacts, images of a particular process or material, written forms of information such as articles, poetry and literature, a video from TED Talks (or another worthy source).
Step 2, Get To Work:
Take pics as you work on your piece. Post pics on your blog.
Step 3, Take A Professional Picture:
When your piece is complete, document it with professional photographs. Take as many pics as needed to best show your piece. Post on your blog.
A written statement is required for the final project. The questions above and your research will help you write the statement. Post statement on your blog.
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| Artist William Kentridge drawing in his Johannesburg studio. Source link here. |
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Walk The Line, Student Work, Fall 2011
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| Sarah Siroky, check out Sarah's blog - she has more images and a written explanation/description of the work. Link here. |
Monday, October 17, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing
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| Amazon link here. |
“Drawing is everywhere. We are surrounded by it – it is sewn into the warp and weft of our lives: we practice it as one of our earliest experiences as schoolchildren, and as parents we treasure the drawings made by our offspring like nothing else. People draw everywhere in the world: drawing can even be used as a global visual language when verbal communication fails. As adults we use it pragmatically to sketch our own maps and plans, but we also use it to dream – in doodles and scribbles. We use drawing to denote ourselves, our existence within a scene: in the urban context, for example, graffiti acts as a form of drawing within an expanded field. Indeed, drawing is part of our interrelation to our physical environment, recording in and on it, the presence of the human. It is the means by which we can understand and map, decipher, and come to terms with our surroundings as we leave marks, tracks, or shadows to mark our passing. Footprints in the snow, breath on the window, vapor trails of a plane across the sky, lines traced by a finger in the sand – we literally draw in and on the material world. Drawing is part of what it means to be human – indeed, it would ridiculous to apply this statement to other, more specialized media, such as painting, sculpture, or collage, but somehow applied to the medium of drawing, the idea is easier to grasp.” From an essay by Emma Dexter, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, Phaidon Press
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Kiki Smith, Artist
Dowry Cloth, human hair and sheep wool, 1990
Link here to read an interview printed in Journal of Contemporary Art.
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