Description
NOTE: For Painting majors, elective instructor cannot be the same as studio instructor.
The primary focus of this course will be to explore the subjective properties of color – material, visual and psychological – through the practice of drawing. Students will examine and employ color as both an integrated source of pictorial meaning in visual culture as well as an applied studio tool. Working in both emerging media as well as through analog drawing practices, students will inspect the role that color plays in affirming or denying structure, mediation, interactivity and visual systems. To that end, the course will use examples from film, artist publications and direct experience in assignments. Students will participate in classroom discussions, studio-based observation, group critiques and demonstrations. Each topic will be cumulative, resulting in a final semester project. Screenings (with possibilities including artists and filmmakers such as Kara Walker, Tomashi Jackson and