Spring10 Reading1

Welcome to the Spring10 semester. The first reading assignment is a very short one about figure-ground relationship. It is from Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone, & Cayton. Art Fundamentals: Theory & Practice, Introduction (p23-27). Directions for accessing the readings are in the Course Syllabus. After you have read this four page article, please watch the movie clip below (you will need to click on youtube to watch it there). Then leave your comment (3 or 4 sentences) discussing how the reading might apply to Zizek’s discussion of background in the movie, Children of Men. Feel free to pick up on what other students write. Treat this as a discussion. Comments are due by 2/9 and will close automatically 16 days after this post.

Happy Holidays

Thanks Art 12 – it was a great semester! Happy Holidays.
Click on this image for a link to the Jeff Scher animated video of Bob Dylan’s Drummer Boy.

Billboard project

Here are the billboards from each group for our final project. The theme was borrowed from the upcoming 2010 01SJ Biennial: Build Your Own World. Click each picture to enlarge.
Students: Please comment on your favorites. Give reasons, including formal ones. Refer to the group number or name when discussing. Groups can also comment on their own design to clarify your aims etc.
GROUP 1-Hellokitty Stormtroopers: Josh, Jon Ly, Heidi and Allena
GROUP 2-Global Warming: Sylvia, Jasmine, Kevin, Jonathan T, Amit
GROUP 3-KASHD: Adriane, Katie, Sarah, Alexandria, Dillon
GROUP 4-Rebuild Instability: Quynh, Shaylynn, Jimmy. Riley, and Allie
GROUP 5-Cultural Divisiveness: Janine, Marius, Tiffany, Josephine, Brandon

Fall09 reading 7

The final reading is Ocvirk, Stinson, Wigg, Bone, & Cayton. Art Fundamentals: Theory & Practice. form, p31-71. This reading is a review of the concepts covered this semester. Comments about the reading are due 12/1.
On the subject of Public 2D Art here is a video on Shepard Fairey: Also, for more inspiration on our billboard project see this video that Jessica found at ripovisuals.

Fall09 reading 6

The current assigned reading is David A. Lauer and Stephen Pentak, Design Basics, balance, pp90-107. Comments about this reading are due by 11/17.

Kurt Schwitters, Das Undbild, 1919, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Fall09 reading 5: Group 1

This is the blog for Group 1: Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century European Painters. Each group member should leave information on chosen artist and catalog as a comment on this blog.

Primavera, Sandro Botticelli 1485-87

Fall09 reading 5: Group 2

This is the blog for Group 2: Sixteenth to Seventeenth Century European Painters. Each group member should leave information on chosen artist and catalog as a comment on this blog.

Las Meninas, Diego Velásquez 1656-57

Fall09 reading 5: Group 3

This is the blog for Group 3: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century French Painters. Each group member should leave information on chosen artist and catalog as a comment on this blog.

Bonjour Monsieur Courbet, Gustave Courbet 1854

Fall09 reading 5: Group 4

This is the blog for Group 4: Nineteenth Century American Painters. Each group member should leave information on your chosen artist and catalog as a comment on this blog.

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, Thomas Eakins 1873

Fall09 reading bloopers

This is the blog where students can fix any bloopers on past reading comments. Be sure to identify which reading you are fixing.