In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting

Description

Wish to understand how a few of the twentieth century’s most celebrated artists made summary work? This course presents an in-depth, hands-on take a look at the supplies, strategies, and pondering of seven New York Faculty artists, together with Willem de Kooning, Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Advert Reinhardt, and Mark Rothko. By way of studio demonstrations and gallery walkthroughs, you’ll type a deeper understanding of what a studio follow means and the way concepts develop from shut wanting, and also you’ll achieve a sensitivity to the bodily qualities of paint. Readings and different sources will spherical out your understanding, offering broader cultural, mental, and historic context about the a long time after World Battle II, when these artists have been lively.

The artworks you’ll discover on this course may function factors of departure to make your personal summary work. It’s possible you’ll select to take part in the studio workout routines, for which you might be invited to submit photos of your personal work to the dialogue boards, or you might select to finish the course by means of its quizzes and written assessments solely.

Learners who want to take part in the elective studio workout routines could must buy artwork provides. A listing of steered supplies is included in the first module.