Other Projects _________________ Elementary I _________________ Material-Based Self-Portrait _________________ Power of Advertising _________________ Memory Museum _________________ Collaborative Wall Collections _________________ Life's Deal: Deck of Cards _________________ Moment in Time _________________ I Can Change the World _________________ Autobiographical Comics _________________ Evidence _________________ Hair Today _________________ Video as Installation _________________ Word Pictures _________________ Headline Poetry _________________ Newspaper Ground _________________ Big Questions _________________
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ARTISTS WHOSE EXPRESSIVE WORK SHOWS ALTERNATIVES FOR REPRESENTING PEOPLE AND SPACE Horace Pippin Interior, 1944 Discuss the scene. What is the setting of this picture? What is each person doing? Describe the emotions of each character in the painting. What is each person’s goal for the evening? Discuss Pippin’s method of creating space--frontal single line to show separation of floor and back wall. Analyze limited color scheme of painting. Discuss limited palette and use of accent colors. Discuss use of pattern and texture. Also by Horace Pippin: The Domino Players, 1943. Victorian Interior, 1945. at All Posters.com http://www.allposters.com/Galleryc.asp?aid=99864&parentaid=0&search=Horace+Pip Interior, by Horace Pippin, 1944 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art 1991.42.1 http://www.nga.gov/cgi- bin/pinfo?Object=70965+0+0 Hollis Sigler Mess is the Stuff of Life, 1988. Discuss the childlike style of Sigler’s work. Discuss the ways in which Sigler rejects and utilizes conventional perspective. Discuss the title of Sigler’s work. How does it help us to understand the personal philosophy of the artist? Discuss Sigler’s decision to make art about personal emotions, but to never represent human figures in her artwork. How does the border reinforce the meaning of the artwork? Mess Is the Stuff of Life, by Hollis Sigler 1988 Reproduced by permission of the artist, 2000.   Alejandro Xul Solar Na Diafana, 1923. Tu y Yo, 1923. Dos Parejas, 1924. Drago, 1924. in the Museo Xul Solar http://www.xulsolar.org.ar/obras/21-22.html How does Xul Solar construct human figures? What basic forms does he use? How does Xul Solar represent inner and outer information about a person?