Experimental Surfaces and Materials in Painting
Assignments
Week 1: Cardboard
Gustav Metzger, Robert Rauschenberg, Taylor Anton White and Soeren Behncke
Pick one of the key artists from this week and study their artwork (artwork can be viewed below)
Take notes about why you are drawn to their work - think about materials, size, dimension, color, texture etc
After taking notes, either “replicate” one of your selected artist’s pieces or make a piece inspired by their work
Your “canvas” for this week must be made from cardboard
Upload your images to Padlet before class on Wednesday, April 14 at 5:30pm
Gustav Metzger, Untitled Painting, 1958
Gustav Metzger
Gustav Metzger, Painting on Cardboard, 1957
Robert Rauschenberg, Rosalie/Red Cheek/Temporary Letter/Stock (Cardboard), 1971
Robert Rauschenberg, Glass / Channel / Via Panama (Cardboard), 1971, Cardboard and rope
Robert Rauschenberg, Canary Stick (Cardboard), 1971, Cardboard and wood pole
Robert Rauschenberg, 1/2 Gals. / AAPCO (Cardboard), 1971, Cardboard and rope
Robert Rauschenberg, Volon (Cardboard), 1971
Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled (Cardboard), 1972
Robert Rauschenberg, Nabisco Shredded Wheat (Cardboard), 1971
Robert Rauschenberg National Spinning/Red/Spring (Cardboard), 1971
Taylor Antone White, Clam La Es, 2020, 76 x 70in
Taylor Anton White, American Cheese
Taylor Anton White, I Only Let the Devil Touch My Hair Like That
Taylor Anton White, Oh No! It's Commandos!
Taylor Anton White, In the Beginning, There Was Darkness and Cheese Slices
Taylor Anton White, Maslow, 2020
Taylor Anton White, Yes, But Look at Birds (Look at Them)
Taylor Anton White, Forest Nintendo
Soeren Behncke, La Chambre (Little Red Version)
Soeren Behncke, Alphabet - Pitcher, 2018
Midweek Assignment:
Read this excerpt from MoMA’s Inventing Abstraction 1910-1925 by Leah Dickerman
Leave one comment or favorite quote from the reading on Padlet by Saturday
Week 2: Unusual Brushes
Kazuo Shiraga, Yves Klien and Janine Antoni
Create a painting using anything but a regular paint brush. Some ideas are listed below. Subject matter is your choice, but I have included the still life image from class.
Modify your own paint brushes (look at slides #97-#99 for inspiration)
Use natural materials - leaves, sticks, sand, water from direct sources
Raid your kitchen! Use found materials - spatulas, spoons, whisks… a carrot?
Use your body as a tool
Midweek Assignment:
Watch the short video below from the Guggenheim Museum about Gutai
Leave one comment or favorite quote from the video on Padlet by Saturday
Week 3: Raw Canvas
Helen Frankenthaler
Pick a painting from the gallery below
Using paint on raw canvas, select one of the following guidelines
Recreate the painting to the best of your ability
Borrow from the color palette
Borrow from the basic composition
Upload your work to Padlet by class on Wednesday
Orange Breaking Through
Nature Abhors a Vaccum
Provincetown Window
Milkwood Arcade
Untitled 1959-1960
Trojan Gates
Cool Summer
New Paths
Jacob's Ladder
Mountains and Sea
Pink Field
Open Wall
Week 4: Integrating Fabrics
Lee Bontecou, Julia Bland, Jane South and Rauschenberg
Take a look at the slides from class (view here)
Pick an artist you want to focus on
Take notes on what you like about their work - use of materials, colors, shapes, form, textures etc..
Make a piece inspired by the artist you picked, making sure to integrate fabrics, sewing or stitching into your work