Bridget Riley
1961
"When Samuel Beckett was a young man in the early 1930s, and trying to find a basis from which he could develop, he wrote an essay known as 'Beckett/Proust' (1931), in which he examined Proust's views of creative work; and he quotes Proust's credo as declared in
Time Regained-"the task and duty of a writer are those of a translator."
This could also be said of a composer, a painter or anyone practicing an artistic metier. An artist is someone with a text he or she wants to decipher."
Painting Now, 23rd William Townsend Memorial Lecture
Slade School of Art, London, 26 November 1996
This focus of this week's art history lecture was Op Art and Pop Art, two 'movements' whose names were ascribed by journalists. The word is a powerful thing.
Seeing my students develop solutions to visual assignments is a beautiful thing. The images to follow are from 'daily assignments', all finished within one class period.
Jamel Merriman
Jamel Merriman
Sam Long
Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams
Graphite
Graphite
Some of the students have opted to pursue an Independent Study (see guidelines in Pages section). Here is a sneak peek at some of the work-
American Sushi
Wood and Latex
Samuel Carter
Watercolor
Samuel Carter
Tower of Cupcakes
(alternate title- Flour Arrangement)
Allison Meyer
Socrates said, "The unaware life is not worth living." Awareness is alive in the Art Room.
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