In class you will be given a large piece of printed plastic. The material has certain properties: it is flat, brittle, translucent, 2-d, consumer-oriented, thin, and slick. You can probably think of other properties this material has. Make a non objective sculpture using all of the material. Bend it, fold it, cut it, tear it, curl it, shred it, weave it; manipulate the material so that your sculpture has characteristics that the original material did not. Your sculpture might even be the opposite of the original material, this is the transformation. You may use tape, glue, string and wire. Your sculpture can be a floor piece or a hanging piece. Everyone is getting the same material, make your piece look different.
There is no class on April 11, so you will have to work on this at home. You will be evaluated on the amount of time you spend on the project, thoughtfulness and creativity, and your transformation of the material.
Artists who transform materials:
http://www.deitch.com/artists/sub.php?artistId=32 Bride Fight by E.V. Day
\http://www.artseensoho.com/Art/PACE/chamberlain98/chamberlain1.html The Privet by John Chamberlain 1997
http://www.lissongallery.com/#/artists/richard-deacon/Richard Deacon
Ex Boyfriend's Clothing by Shinique Smith http://www.motihasson.com/artist/smith/images.html *Shinique Smith's work is currently on view at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami. http://www.rfc.museum/flash.html
http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/FEATURES/honigman/honigman9-28-04.asp Phoebe Washburn
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