Description
NOTE: For Painting majors, elective instructor cannot be the same as studio instructor.
This course will examine the use of text and image in fine arts, design and drawing. We will look at examples with various points of reference including hand lettering, graphic design and the use of text and language in contemporary visual art. This drawing course is designed with the goal of working with artists on various adoptions of the letter form in conjunction with image but also to introduce contextual analysis into the use of these two systems of language. There will be several weekly and longer projects that combine digital strategies and outputting with hand lettering, drawing and design. We will look at the work of Ed Fella, the situationist international, Hannah Hoch, Tracy Emin, Frida Kahlo, Vivianne Westwood, Jenny Holzer, Kay Rosen, Christopher Wool and Glenn Ligin among many other artists. Students will also be responsible for artist presentations and a final project that they wi