Bosch & Breughel in Philly

This is the show that Deniz mentioned in class today. It's up till November 23rd at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Also home to the largest collection of work by Marcel Duchamp in the country.

Garden of Eden, continued...

Deniz added another narrative layer with these shots of her piece in the Blythewood Gardens.

Shodowbox Assemblages, 9/27/2007

Fischli & Weiss Redux

Click on the post title to see how a marketing firm full of engineers from Cambridge University have updated "The Way Things Go"!

Collages from 9/13

I've posted what I thought was the "best of three" from the collage homework assignments. Certain criteria I looked for were composition, color, imagery used and how it was layered, use of narrative, and technique. I'm looking forward to seeing how these evolve into the assemblage pieces.

Notes from first class, 9/6/2007

Here are some images from the slide lecture last Thursday; also, I've been able to order each of you a copy of the Prestel XL "Garden of Earthly Delights" book with all the details and fold out poster of the outer and inner panels. They should be in your hands by Thursday; if they come before that, I will send you an email and you can pick them up from my office. Have fun with the collages and take some of those ideas with you into the woodshop this week. Rummage through the scrap wood bins, cut out some shapes, start putting things together. Surprise yourself. I'm looking forward to meeting with each of you on Thursday and listening to your thoughts and ideas.

The Garden Of Earthly Delights!

Using Hieronymus Bosch’s "Garden of Earthly Delights" as an art historical starting point, students will collaborate to create a walk-through interpretation of this famous painting. We will explore methods, materials, theories and concepts pertinent to contemporary sculpture and installation art. Techniques to be introduced will include woodworking, modeling, mold making and casting, sewing, and metalworking, as well as the use of found objects and assemblage. Students will choose elements found in Bosch’s work to interpret and represent 3 dimensionally using fabrication techniques covered in class. We will also explore lighting, projection and sound as media. Slides, videos, and readings of modern and contemporary art making and sculpture, as well as class critiques and discussion will inform our work.

SYLLABUS
Week 1, 9/6: Class introduction, tour of facilities, slide lecture and discussion. Demo: woodshop, part I. Homework: pick a section(s) of GoED and begin reinterpretation via 3 collages, 8.5x11”. Begin shadowbox assemblage a la Joseph Cornell.

Week 2, 9/13: Work in class on shadowboxes. Video: Fischli and Weiss, The Way Things Go.

Week 3, 9/20:; Work in class on shadowboxes.

Field Trip: 9/22, P&T Surplus, Kingston; HV Materials Exchange, Newburgh.

Week 4, 9/27: Class critique.

Week 5, 10/4: Work in class, discussion. Homework: find appropriate readymade object.

Week 6, 10/11: Work in class. Discussion and slides, readymades and found objects, multiples, and hybrids. Discuss single and double part mold making process.

Field Trip: 10/13, NYC galleries.

Week 7, 10/18: Moldmaking demo, work in class making molds.

Week 8, 10/25: Work in class de-molding and making first casts.

Week 9, 11/1: Class critique.

Week 10, 11/8: Metalshop demo, basic sewing demo.

Week 11, 11/15: Work in class, slides.

Week 12, 11/22: Thanksgiving, no class

Week 13, 11/29: Class critique. Set up work for Sculpture I exhibit.

Week 14, 12/6: Discussion and work in class; incorporating video, sound, light.

Week 15, 12/13: Work in class, begin final installation for final presentation.

Week 16, 12/20: Final critique.