Assignment due Nov 5:
1-CHOOSE YOUR ARTIST FOR BRIDGE 4
Find 5 works by your chosen artist, gathering info about materials, size, and where it is located.
Connect your artist to at least 2 other contemporary artists you understand them to be in dialogue with.
Be prepared to share your information and findings with the class.
Hunter S. Thompson (Allen Ginsberg, Johnny Depp)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, The Rum Diary, Better Than Sex, Songs of the Doomed
Damien Hirst (Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman)
1 For the Love of God, 2 The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 3 Away from the Flock, 4 Mother and Child, Divided, and 5 Mickey
1 White Cube Mason’s Yard and Oslo, 171 x 127 x 190 mm | 6.7 x 5 x 7.5 in, Platinum, diamonds and human teeth, 2 Tate Modern, Met, 213 cm × 518 cm × 213 cm (84 in × 204 in × 84 in) steel glass, 3 Tate, Displayed: 960 x 1490 x 510 mm, Glass, stainless steel, Perspex, acrylic paint, lamb and formaldehyde solution, 4 Tate, Glass, stainless steel, Perspex, acrylic paint, cow, calf and formaldehyde solution, 2 different parts, mentioned on Tate Modern website, 5 auctioned at London, 1829 x 1054 mm | 72 x 41.5 in, Household gloss on canvas
2-CHOOSE A WORK YOU WILL MAKE A COPY OF, or create a copy of a section or portion of the piece
Bring an image, printed out, of the work you want to copy.
Bring materials to work in class on your copy.
If the piece you want to copy is too large or too detailed to complete in the assigned time, you may choose to copy a section. However, this MUST be approved by me. Email me your choice as soon as you can… and definitely before class.
If you are interested in another artist not on the list, please email me with your choice, along with the piece you plan to copy. You must email me before Thursday to have your artist approved.