Delhi Breadth Assignment

From the many images that we saw in Delhi, for this assignment you should pick one to focus on for your next AP breadth piece.

Drawing inspiration from this piece, you are to make an artwork that is based on it in one or more of the following ways:

-- Composition
-- Color Scheme
-- Subject Matter
-- Concept

Many artists use older works to make new pieces – Picasso did this in the 20th century, basing work on Greek mythology from the ancient world, or from Spanish master paintings from the 17th century.  It is a standard practice in artmaking, to come up with your own version of an older artist’s work.  The work is still different from the original, but plays with tradition in a modern way.

The tradition of Indian art – either miniature paintings, or more recently, from the 20th century – is a rich springboard that is open to anyone’s interpretation.  You can either play with ideas that you have been exploring already, or try something completely new.

You may use a piece that you sketched from in person, or find an image online, but it should be from one of the artists or schools that we encountered on our field trip.

DUE DATE: MARCH 1

Simeen Farhat

I was looking through the Drawing Center website the other day, and came across this artist.  I like how she incorporates language into drawing.  Specifically, she transforms the language of her native Pakistan into a visual pattern that has graphic power beyond the mere words.

To quote from her artist statement:
"Deriving from the fact that I am a Pakistani-born American immigrant, my work is a melding of my two cultural identities depicted through social satires. Living in two cultures I view each in multiple, sometimes confusing perspectives. It is a complex subject expressed in a variety of media."






If you want to go to her portfolio on the Drawing Center website, go to their site and search for her name.  You'll find her full artist statement there as well.

William Kentridge

This drawn animation by William Kentridge shows how innovative you can be with the simple materials of paper and charcoal. I like how the erased lines remain as a "memory" of the drawing process. This is a good example of process and concept working well together in the final product of a video animation using drawing and sound.