Students will be encouraged to explore traditional as well as contemporary modes and materials to develop personal artistic direction, which may include wood and metal, assemblage and found objects, installation, photography, video, and performance. Architecture, Monuments, and Tombs II can be taken in the spring semester as a continuation of this course, and The Artist in the Landscape, which is an art history offering, can be taken in the summer as a culmination of both courses. These courses can be taken separately or in any order. In addition to working at SAIC studios, the class will use the Roger Brown Study Collection as a meeting place for class discussions and presentations. This course explores various types of notations and drawings, both descriptive and expressive, which are created for sculptural projects.
Students investigate perceptual drawing, sketchbook-diaries, and schematics.
Class discussions address questions such as how to make proposals for large-scale sculpture.