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Spring10 BILLBOARD Designs

Group techs should post the link to the final image (1200 x 600px) for your billboard design in the comment section here. Use the group name. Due date: May 11.

Each student should vote on favorite billboard. Go to comments and leave a reply on your favorite design. Let us know if it is because of what they are saying (content), how (form) or both.

RESULTS: Looks like the Hadoukens have the top votes at 7! Congrats – and in honor of their theme, here is a link to a recent story about two Banksy pieces recently tagged over in the Mission. And here is a magazine titled Refused put out by a former SJSU grad student. Nice work everyone!

Spring10 Reading 7 – form

Our last reading for the semester is a review of the formal concepts covered this semester. It is from Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone & Cayton, Art Fundamentals: Theory & Practice. pp 31-71. Comments must be posted before the final class (5/13). No credit given after that.

MakeUp Reading Comments

Here is the promised blog for late makeup readings:

* These comments will receive half credit. You can leave more than one.
* The specific reading must be identified eg: Reading 1, Introduction
* The comment must refer clearly to the content in the reading.
* All are due by 5/4. None will be accepted after that – no exceptions!
* Credit will only be given if all of the above apply.

Spring10 Reading 6 – balance

Reading 6 is from David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics, on balance, pp90-107. Comments are due by 4/27.

Spring10 Reading5 – chosen artist

Nathan Oliveira, who’s Tauromaquia monotypes inspired our current project, will be speaking in room 133 5-6pm Tuesday. A reception for a show of his work will follow in the Thompson gallery (first floor). Here is a short interview about his prints.
POST ARTIST INFORMATION: After choosing an artist from the list and checking out a catalog from the library, please post the following information as a comment below. (Remember, you will be investigating this composition in two projects – so choose something you like!) This is due by 4/13.

• Name of chosen artist
• Title of catalog
• Title of chosen painting
• Date of chosen painting
• Reason for choosing this painting?

Cubism, Picasso and Hockney

“Cubists felt that perspective didn’t truthfully represent the world because a single viewpoint only gave one side of things. Picasso and Braque were not interested in the superficial appearance of objects. They wanted to reveal many aspects at once and encompass a whole experience…” Tate

Have a look at the links below and leave a short comment about them – why do you think the Cubists rebeled against a single point of view?
1. An article about Picasso and Cubism: Perspective, Viewpoint and Cubism
2. A paintings by Pablo Picasso: Portrait of Vollard
3. Some photo collages by David Hockney (inspired by Cubism) Polaroid composits

Note: This is not the reading assignment blog (see below for that).

Spring10 Reading 4

Reading 4 is from David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics, about emphasis, p56-69. Comments about the reading are due 3/23.

Spring10 Reading3

The third reading assignment is from David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics pp.114-123 about RHYTHM. Comments about the reading are due by 3/9.
In addition, please watch this video about painter Wayne Thiebaud and leave a sentence in your comment about the use of repetition in his paintings.
Also, remember there is a retrospective of Thiebaud’s paintings currently at the San Jose Musuem of Art called WAYNE THIEBAUD: SEVENTY YEARS OF PAINTING.

Spring10 Reading2

Our second Reading Assignment is from David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics. unity, pp.28-53
Leave your comment about the reading by 2/23.
In addition, please watch this interview of painter, Julie Mehretu and add a sentence to your comment describing the lines you see in her work. Is there any connection to our discussions or work with line this week?