Art Studio 366 - Topics In Painting: Painting Comedy

Topics Course: Looking at an array of contemporary artists in global and historical contexts, students will create works that explore the comedic modes of irony, wit, melodrama, slapstick, and other visual deliveries of humor. The class will involve short experimental assignments, iterative works, and independent projects, produced in varied painting media. During the semester we will use workshop based studio practices, to explore the personal and cultural idiosyncrasies and conventions, through which humor operates as a visual tension that can tell stories about self, society, politics and power. A required fee of $50 to cover group-supplied materials is charged at the time of registration. Students may require additional supplies as well and are responsible for purchasing them directly. Enrollment limited to 12. Prerequisite: Painting I or permission of the instructor.

Instructor Permission.