ATTEND ONE LECTURE

Pema Rinzin
Artist in Residence/Workshop
November 6-8, 2007

Workshop Topics & Times:

Tuesday Nov. 6 Intro. to Tibetan Painting 3-4pm
Wednesday Nov. 7 Color from Mineral Pigments 11-12pm & 3- 4pm
Thursday Nov. 8 Tibetan Painting Traditions 11-12pm

Boston, MA. ---The Brant Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art is pleased to host Pema Rinzin, a master Tibetan tangka painter, as our Artist- in- Residence. Rinzin studied Tibetan tangka painting from 1979 to 1983 in Dharamsala, India. He also taught painting at the Tibetan Children’s Village school in Dharamsala from 1984 to 1992. From 1995 to 2004, he was an artist-in-residence at the Shoko Temple and Institute in Japan, where he completed eight major Buddhist tangkas for Yuko Miyasaka, the abbot of the Shingon Temple in Nagano, Japan. After completing his residency, he traveled to Bamberg, Germany, where he had his first European exhibition at the City Gallery.

Pema’s most recent project is a large mural installation of the Four Great Guardian Kings at the Rubin Museum of art in New York city in conjunction with the exhibition entitled Take to the Sky: Flying Mystics in Himalayan Art..

“It is my hope that by witnessing the process by which Tibetan tangkas are made, viewers will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of the art of the Himalayas, both from a historical perspective and as it is practiced as a living tradition.”-Pema Rinzin

ART MATTERS RESEARCH

SHAZIA SIKANDER
SALLY MANN
ROMARE BEARDEN

ART MATTERS RESEARCH

PHILIP GUSTON
NIKI LEE
LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA
LAYLAH ALI
KIK SMITH

ART MATTERS RESEARCH

KARA WALKER
HANNA HOCH
GUERILLA GIRLS
GEORGE GROSZ
ELLEN GALLAGHER
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ

ART MATTERS RESEARCH

CHRISTAIN BOLTANSKI

CARRIE MAE WEEMS


BARBARA KRUGER


ANA MENDIETA

MISSED CLASS & HOMEWORK

IF YOU MISSED CLASS HOMEWORK IS BELOW OR EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS.

Homework Assignment this week OCT. 22

Hanna Hoch
1. A Portrait of this Time…. Continued

-Choose 2 Collages to improve or expand idea.

Think about: Scale, How to clarify ideas, How can use of color play a role?

-Print out 2 Collages Due: Mon. Oct. 29

2. Value and Color Research

PART A (VISIT MUSEUM FIRST)

Museum Visit:
1. Visit IN PERSON an artwork in the:
The Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115
Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-5 pm, Free with MassArt ID

2. Title: __________________________________


Artist:____________________________

3. Answer these Questions (Refer to lecture hand outs on Value and Color)

a. Immediate Response-What is your immediate response in relationship to color?

b. Objective Description- Objective Description-Describe the work to a blind person.

c. Formal Matters- Describe the work using properties of value, color-value, hue, intensity, temperature & texture and any other 2d principles.

d. The Story It Tells-Does the work tell a story? How does color reinforce this idea?
PART B

View On-Line: http://www.gardnermuseum.org

4. How does the on-line color reproduction differ from the original? Be specific.
5. What color characteristics in the original are or are not translated on-line?
6. What stands out in your mind about the different viewing experiences?
7. Which way of viewing the work do you prefer? Why?

Due: M Oct. 29, 2007 POST IMAGE & RESPONSE ON YOUR BLOG
1 page minimum response. Answer all questions.

MISSED CLASS TODAY

If you missed class today please post your homework on your blog. And bring in printed out images next week.

A Portrait of this Time

CONTENT-If you made a portrait of this time, what would it look like?

This may be interpreted in any way you choose. It may be a personal portrait, political, historical or any other way you feel you can best respond . Create 5 images.

Medium: Collage n 1 : an artistic composition of fragments of materials
pasted (glued) on a surface

COLOR: Color n 1: a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects

How will color function in the work?
How will color help to reinforce or help express what you are trying to achieve?

Research:
Collage Artists- R0mare Bearden, Hanna Hoch, Robert Rauschenberg
POST 2 paragraph response on BLOG: Mon. Oct. 20

Step 1:
Write a minimum of a 2 paragraph response to the question:
What is your “Portrait of this Time”?
Post on Blog: SAT. OCT. 20

Step 2:
Collect source materials you will need to articulate your ideas. (text, objects, drawings, photos, etc.) Determine supplies: glue, tape, paint, illustration board, wood, string etc.

Step 3:
Construct ONE collage using TRADITIONAL methods.
Begin to construct your collages. The scale is up to you.

Step 4:
Construct FOUR images using DIGITAL Photoshop and scanning tools.
Use a minimum of 3-5 scanned source materials for each image. This means you will be using a minimum of 3-5 layers in Photoshop.

Think about SCALE: How small or large will your images be?

***All COLLAGES WILL TRACE THE SAME IDEA***

DUE: MON. OCT. 22
-1 traditional Collage
-4 Digital Collages (PRINTED OUT)

VISUAL ANALYSIS of PINHOLE EXHIBIT

Due: October 8, 2007 EMAIL TO: Lhpaluay@mac.com

PINHOLE WEBSITE

http://www.bostonpolishpinholephotography.com/

“Drawing is making life out of a line.” Gretchen Neff (Pre-semester 2007)

Homework: October 1, 2007

Objective: The Objective of this exercise is to use photos from the line and shape assignment and organize them on a digital canvas using Photoshop tools.

PART A:
1.Use 20 Photographs from line and shape assignment

2. Copy images of line/shape from the photograph.

3. Paste on new Canvas.

4. Do this with all photos.

(20 photographs will be presented on one Canvas (like a Grid) .

5. Ready Image for Print output:
-Image Size 8x10” (outer dimensions)
-300 dpi
-Save as PSD file format
-Print out this ONE image.

6. Ready Image for BLOG –screen output:
-Image Size H 250 pixels X_______________
-72 dpi
-Save as JPEG file format
-POST Image on BLOG.

TOTAL: 1 photo printed, 1 posted on blog

PART B:

1.Use 5-10 Photographs from line and shape assignment

2. Crop out line/shape from the photograph.

3. Paste on new Canvas and create a NEW composition/design.

4. Ready Image for Print output:
-Image Size 8x10” (outer dimensions)
-300 dpi
-Save as PSD file format
-Print out this image.

5. Make 3-5 NEW compositions from your photos.

TOTAL: 3-5 Photos printed, 1 posted on blog

Due: October 15, 2007 Bring all files to class on storage device

Research-Visual Analysis

Homework: October 1, 2007
“Know the world is a mirror from head to foot…..” Bill Viola

Objective: The Objective of this exercise is to describe an image in the Polish Pinhole Photography exhibit using 2 D principles and vocabulary.

PART A
1. Choose one image to describe.

2. Title: __________________________________


Photographer:____________________________

3. Answer these Questions (Refer to page 126 in The Critique Handbook)

a. Immediate Response-What are your immediate responses? (These are uncensored, irrational, un-self-conscious impressions of the work; what you notice first, what stands out.)

b. Objective Description-Describe the work to a blind person.

c. Formal Matters-Use 2d Principles and Vocabulary (Refer to Vocabulary list-use 4-6 minimum words)

e. The Story It Tells-Does the work tell a story?

f. The Work in the World-How does it connect to the rest of the world/art/history?

Guidelines: -One Page minimum.
-Include Photographer and Title of Photograph
-Typed and Spell Checked.

Due: October 8, 2007 EMAIL TO: Lhpaluay@mac.com

PART B

3pm , WED OCT. 3 BRANT GALLERY
POLISH PINHOLE Curator/Artist Talk

-Post 2 paragraph (minimum) response to talk on your Blog.

Due: October 8, 2007 POST RESPONSE: ON YOUR BLOG


**If you cannot attend artist talk choose TWO photographs to describe for PART A.**