We are going to look at the exhibition Space as Medium at MAM.
http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/Exhibitions_Space_as_Medium.asp
The sculptors in this show took the exhibition environment into consideration when they created their artworks. For the next assignment you will make a sculpture to be exhibited on the black wall in the critique area. Your sculpture can hang or lean on the wall. You can use any materials you choose, and your sculpture can be abstract or representational. The sculpture must be at least 4' in one direction.
Feb. 5 Studio day. Come prepared to work, bring your sketches and materials. Feb. 12 Critique
In class you will be given a large piece of printed paper or plastic. The material has certain properties: it is flat, brittle, translucent or opaque, 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 type of material, make your piece look different.
There is no class on Jan. 22, 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.
