Capturing The Trivial

In this course Students will develop strategies to formulate their own artistic concepts of painting. The goal of this course is to create, reflect and present ones work in relation to contemporary popular art from Central-America, South/West-Africa and Europe. Students will be required to create 3 ‘large-scale’ paintings or installations and to learn and discuss art of the 20/21.th century. Classes will consist of in class studio work, individual and group critiques, as well as discussions and tutorials when necessary. Additional class time will be spent discussing your thoughts and responses to readings, to your experiences, other classes, and your thoughts regarding your projects. Readings and one paper on an artist to be assigned will be part of this class. Assignments will require students to work independently in addition to class periods. Field trip.