Painting Space
F06
Cadence Giersbach
Space is the three-dimensional expanse in which matter exists. In painting it is a flat area physically bound by the edge of the painted surface. This course will explore the ways painting can communicate an experience of a space at the same time it describes a flat, defined surface. Students will work from observation and the imagination to create representational and abstract paintings. Format will range from easel painting to paintings in conversation with architecture. Metaphor and meaning will be expressed through an investigation of subject matter, point of view, and use of materials. The implications of scale, surface, depth, illusionism, disjunctive and continuous space, and perspective will also be considered. There will be group discussions, critiques, some readings, and research.