New Assignment!

welcome back to the blog! yay!

for your next assignment i'd like you guys to work in a series. the way i like to think about a series is that each individual piece can theoretically stand alone, but in the context of the other pieces, a new, or emphasized meaning, is achieved. for this assignment i'd like you to think about material and presentation.

to inspire you, here are some images of drawing series ("series", according to dictionary.com, is both the singular and plural...). the top one is joseph grigely. he's a deaf artist who collects the bits of written notes that people use to communicate with him. the next image is marlene dumas's "blindfolded" series (20 inkwash sketches). the next two are part of sandra cinto's "nights of hope" series. and the last is anna barriball's "36 breaths", which are all ink on found photographs.

in particular i'd like you to think about the grigely and barriball images and consider the materials they've used. this assignment is a good opportunity to incorporate found materials as well as altered images from things like magazines, books, and other mediated sources.

your series will be due next wednesday (april 1st).