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Round Robin & Beyond the Exquisite corpse : Collaborative Works Collaborative drawings engaging the entire class moving around the room and working on 3 drawings becomes a collection of varying interpretations and responses. Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis  or the exquisite corpse.  Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for their contribution. The technique got its name from results obtained in initial playing, "Le cadavre / exquis / boira / le vin / nouveau" translated to: The exquisite corpse will drink the young wine .  The poetic fragments were felt to reveal what Nicolas Calas characterized as the "unconscious reality in the personality of the group."  ...

What is Drawing? According to Webster's dictionary, drawing is defined as “the art or technique of representing an object or outlining a figure, plan, or sketch by means of lines." This, of course, is usually the first thing many people think of when it comes to drawing, I was and still am one of them.  Yet, after really contemplating the word drawing and looking through various definitions, I’ve come to find that it's meaning isn’t art specific, it engulfs a lot of different positions.  Drawing isn’t just about the line one puts on paper, it’s about what you take from that line.  Minimalist artist Sol LeWitt once said, “When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who could be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations."       I think the same thing goes for the word drawing , drawing has always been seen as this one method used in th...

Draw out four (four - minimum) areas of the work speaking thoroughly about the ELEMENTS of DESIGN Include the PRINCIPLES of DESIGN and how each is operating  You may point to specific areas on the image and place your notes describing how both the elements and principles of design are operating Each project we complete you should have a minimum of four visual examples that  illustrate this project well .  ELEMENTS of DESIGN Line Shape  Color Volume + mass Space Texture Value PRINCIPLES of DESIGN Unity - Variety / harmony Balance - symmetry / asymmetrical / radial / occult Emphasis - Focal Point Pattern Scale Rhythm & repetition Contrast Visual Movement - d irection / visual weight & speed See examples of student work below Here are a few student writing examples from previous classes:  Chi Rho Iota The Book of Kells Collection: The Board of Trinity Colleg...

a global list of artists / designers for your reference with URL links ... Marina Abramovic  (born 1946), performance artist Vito Acconci  (born 1940), installation and performance artist Rita Ackermann  (born 1968), artist Chantal Akerman  (born 1950-2015), filmmaker Vikky Alexander  (born 1959), installation artist Edward Allington  (born 1951) sculptor Laurie Anderson  (born 1947), performance artist Carl Andre  (born 1935), sculptor Janine Antoni  (born 1964), sculptor and installation artist Ida Applebroog  (born 1929), painter Nobuyoshi Araki  (born 1940), photographer Siah Armajani  (born 1939), sculptor Mireille Astore  (born 1961), conceptual, performance and installation artist Javier Arevalo  (1936),Painter Francis Bacon  (1909–1992), painter Jo Baer  (born 1929), painter John Baldessari  (born 1931), conceptual artist Banksy  (born 1974), graffiti ar...