The nature, origins, methods and implications of various art movements and genre will be examined and the dissolution of traditional boundaries between media categories will be explored including modernism and post modernism, formalism and popular culture, abstraction and figuration, representation, installation, appropriation, semiotics, performance art, art and technology, and video art. This studio course continues to explore various contemporary art genres including installation, performance, and video. This course is structured to help each student develop a personal visual language for the creation of content-oriented art works with an emphasis on the integration and application of formal visual concerns. This course introduces the use of the airbrush in fine art, design and illustration, including exercises in freehand air painting, masks, and stencils. This is a continuation of Art 40A with further exploration of sculptural materials and techniques.
Emphasis is on individual growth and direction.
This course offers the advanced sculpture student the opportunity to further explore stone carving using pneumatic tools. Emphasis is on individual interpretation. Sculpturing the human figure in clay is studied. Emphasis is on relief and full figure over an armature, using live models. This continuation of Art 41A utilizes problems in figure composition, individual interpretation of the figure, and exploration of various media.