Dana Schutz's Assignment (Crit 1/27)

A trap for health

 

 Jack's attempt to trap Sam, who is obsessed with other peoples' phobias

  

Sam would like to trap a lady she spied on at the Cheese Course. The box reflects everything she noticed about the woman during the time she watched her & listened to her conversations.

 

A trap for memories. Swab your ear, insert it into the machine, and memories play on the screen like movies.

 

A trap for a rat trap.

 

This device traps noise.

 

This is a maze to trap bugs.

 

A trap for sailors.

 

A trap for the imagination.

 

A trap for Dana. Beware, Dana.

 

A little device to trap a British subject and extract his accent.

TV is a trap.

  

This one needs no explanation.

 

Ringo would like to trap babies.

 

A mind trap.

 

Body augmentation is a trap.

Heffalump.

 

This device traps curious people. Inside the balloon was Bernie's deepest secret, but it was written in Lithuanian so nobody else could understand it.

 

 This device traps careless consumers and takes them to outer space.

 

On Friday January 20 we will go to MAM. The artist Dana Schutz, whose paintings are on view at MAM, has given you a sculpture assignment.

Dana's Assignment:
Make a trap. Think of a specific audience and make a trap for that audience.

Think about what the bait would be for that audience when designing your project.

Optional: consider how your sculpture can have moving parts so that it can function as a trap. Think back to your Hybrid sculptures, look for objects in your everyday life that have a moving part and incorporate it you’re your sculpture.

**Your sculpture must be smaller than 24"x24"x24" and the materials and design are up to you. You will NOT have any in-class work time, you must make it entirely at home.

About Dana's Work:
Audio Tour
Interviews with Dana Schutz reveal the artist's insight into ten selected works in the exhibition Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels, on view January 15 - February 26, 2012. Click on the thumbnails below to hear the artist speak about featured works of art.

Content created by the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase.

Introduction	Reclining Nude	Face Eater	Party	Autopsy of Michael Jackson
Men's Retreat	Gravity Fanatic	How We Would Give Birth	Swimming, Smoking, Crying	Carpenter

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