Description
My Body, Their Body, Our Body is a mixed-media drawing elective concentrated on the conceptual potentialities of the rendered human body. Discussions will surround topics of personal and social identity, voyeurism vs. empathy, humanism, gender, dysmorphia, the abject, and the subversive- utilizing examples of both historical and contemporary lineage to contextualize our conversations and efforts. Investigations into selfhood, ownership, and personal agency will dictate that much of the course work will be devoted to self-portraiture and autobiographical drawings. This will be interjected by exercises working with a nude model. Traditional and observational modes of figuration will be introduced, then complicated and sometimes entirely disrupted by our conceptual investigations. Media used will vary wildly depending on individual needs, but may include anything from vine charcoal to lipstick to carpeting.