Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0260 - The In-Between

This course is going to explore the limits of painting. Students will create work within the ambiguous space between painting and installation art. Investigating the expressive potential alternative materials provide, students are going to advance their own relationship to composition, mark making and surface by integrating two dimensional and three dimensional decision-making within their own working practice. Through museum visits, demonstrations, slideshows, videos, and readings with a focus on non-western art, the course examines the historical and contemporary presence of painting installations. While assigned projects will help students navigate ways of translating these suggestions into their own work, there is a strong emphasis on producing work through experimentation and rigorous play.

Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Lab Fee: $40. Field Trips: $30. Prerequisite: Visual Arts Studio Course/Art History Theory Course. Students are expected to spend 5-10 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.