A lecture and seminar based course with a studio project, examining plastic, social and gender politics in contemporary painting. An investigation of the history and process of collage in the 20th century. From cubism to photoshop, collage remains an integral component of visual expression. THE BODY Ideas about the body are challenged by developments in technology, culture and politics. This course studies the metamorphosis of gender, age, and culture through lectures, projects, and readings.
Works produced include drawing and painting, photography and other media.
The canoe and the motorcycle are examined as icons that have captivated the imagination of designers, artists and curators. The course examines censorship as the enforcement of moral or political norms. In their time artists such as Picasso, Klee and Max Ernst were banned or banished as degenerate outsiders. Successful reclamation of such spaces are investigated, proposals for problems advanced. The course explores the meaning and function of stage and costume design for the theatre with emphasis on creative thinking, text analysis and concept development.