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ART 450 Portfolio in Art

This course will focus on work leading to the Senior Thesis and Exhibition. In the course, the student develops, exhibits, and defends a consistent and relevant body of work based on mature concepts and well-developed ideas relevant to his/her study. A supporting paper, artist’s statement and professional documentation, and an oral defense are required.

PDF of Senior show 2014

tues. 9:30-11:15

Students are expected to attend class and spend at least 4 hours in the studio outside class each week.


Senior Show 2012
Senior Show 2013
Senior Show 2015

Class schedule for M211

Syllabus

Artist List

Open Studio with Yontz:

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M211 Studio Times:

Open Studio with Yontz

​dates to come.


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how to write an artist statement

Writing an artist statement_Columbia College




Helpful Information

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1. Guidelines for Proposal

2. Proposal Form

3. Artist Statements

4. Creative Process

5. Writing about art and artists

Project 1_Fears
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Readings:

New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics
   Fear and the Illusion of Autonomy,         by, Samantha Frost

Theories on Fear & Death


Best quotes from Art and Fear

Katrina--Fear

Petah Coyne-- you'll love her work.
Wangichi Mutu for style
Shinique Smith -- for use of materials 
Ann Wilson--
Sandra Gregson
Jennifer Reifsneider
​Eva Hesse
​Ann Hamilton

On Touching, Jean-Luc Nancy

Katrina--humans are nature

Mark Dion
Chris Dury
Ana Mendieta
Andy Goldsworthy
Maya Lin
Nancy Eisenfeld
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​Articles and readings from library books.
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Eva--Fear

William Kentridge --style
KwangHo Shin
Donald Teskey--charcoal drawings
​Frank Auerbach--charcoal drawings

Read: Fear of the Light: Why we need darkness



Eva--Body Image

Mariko Mori
Cindy Sherman
Wangichi Mutu
Matthew Barney
Alexander Mcqueen
Jenny Saville
​Yinka Shonibare
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Articles from Feminist Theory and the Body. 

Contemporary Artists--
diversity

Yontz Favorite Artists

sketchbook samples

"Hyperalleric" on-line newsletter for art

Time line to Formal Proposal
Week of Sept 15—meet with Yontz with visual pieces related to Fear. Have process available for discussion. 

Week of Sept 22--
Finished Fear project and artist statements including analysis of 2 artworks that are influencing your ideas or piece. All these should be emailed the previous week (Sept 15) for review and editing.

Week Sept 29--Ideas for Concept Project with sketches, artists, process complete.

Due October 6: proposal worksheet due. 
concept project due.

Due October 20: All work due from first half. Completed project proposal and process on semester project including artists, sketches, prep work, etc.

The remainder of the semester will be spent working on and critiquing work for your final portfolio.

Due November 24: Draft of thesis paper and artist statement.


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Greg Navratil, Languid Leaves

Must read this article for October 20 class
Permission to Fail





Ghada Amer, Rose Hearts-E
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Alicia Henry
Link to Gallery Zeitgeist

Link to Gallery Ehva
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Louise Bourgeois
Cheim & Read Gallery

Fabric Works
On pinterest

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cut from paper--beatrice coron
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week 5--before the mid-term

Read this Art21 article on working in a series. It reinforces the Creative Process I've given you all to use.

The Drawing Center on Wooster Street has a program called, The Viewing Center. Go to this link and see lots of work of contemporary artists working in various media.

Caroline Tavelli-Abar, Stand Alone, Collage Series 1998 - 2005
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Cornelia Parker, Hanging Fire
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New Links for artists:

Sculpture collages_page turner
shahzia sikander

collage
Tania Bedrinana
Indiana Richer
Rosemary Powelson
Melissa Stern
Elizabeth Albert
Heather Hart
Ann Marie Stoehr
Jenny Brown

Ghada Amer

Shinique Smith--home
Shinique Smith--James Cohan
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Nancy Eisenfeld found sculptures


final week instructions


December 1-8

Make appointment to meet.
Email images of work to date.
Email preliminary Artist Statement for review.


Expanded Artist statement must include:
--One paragraph introduction to idea or concept. 
--Clear description of each piece.
--Discussion of historic context. This will include artists and other research you are using to inform your work. Research should be integrated into the discussion and a way of informing the viewer about your ideas. 
--Concluding paragraph as to how your work creates the meaning you intend.
--It should be at least 3-5 pages.

A real artist statement should be less than one page. It's designed to give viewers of your work a bit more insight into your ideas. In our case, the Expanded Artist Statement serves as a traditional artist statement with additional information making it land somewhere between the statement and a thesis. 
It should be well written, well edited and concise. You are writing it for an audience (not me) so it should not sound like a project done for a class, but rather an intelligent, informed, professional document. 



December 14  Last Class Final Critique
Have all work done in class to present at final crit. This includes the concept pieces and your personal work based on proposal presented. 

Have portfolio ready to present to class.

Have finished Expanded Artist Statement for body of work.




Concept Assignments

Choose One:
Bodies and Representation

Systems-Nature-Culture

reading_ "Failure"

FAILURE--Art 21

-- Choose one of these concepts:
Concept 1: Representation & Bodies
Artists:
Wangichi Mutu
Lucian Freud
Jenny Seville
Wenda Gu
Kiki Smith

Concept 2: Systems-Nature-Culture
Mark Dion
Betsy Damon
Robert Smithson
Andy Goldsworthy-- International Sculpture Center article.
Another article on Goldsworthy


Watch:
TED talk on Creativity

Vic Muniz on Creativity






Links for the body and sexuality

The Fractured Form

The Body in Fragments-- look at the bibliography at the end for more.

The Idea of Wholeness

Short History of Feminist Art

Eve Sedgwick__Queer Theory

Eve Sedgwick_ homepage

Touching Feeling, Google Book

Links for Nature_beauty and chaos

Romanticism-ideas about nature

Art. Nature. Sublime. Tate Museum

Sublime in Nature

William Rossoto

Greg Navratil

Links for Nature_human ecology, etc.

Different ways humans think about nature

Human Ecology

Distinction between Humans and Nature


New Artists for Nature

Julie Evans
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Nancy Eisenfeld
Look at Drawing and Painting


Collage- New

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Leigh Wells

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