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.
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