The initial inspiration for this project was the work of Ahmed Mater I was first introduced to at LACMA last year at their phenomenal "Gifts of the Sultan" exhibition. Ahmed Mater is an artist AND a doctor! The symbolism he achieves in these X-rays he uses are interesting conceptually and visually. I immediately thought of Sun Print paper for the students to get a similar effect. The students were to choose objects that were special, even sacred to them to print.
He colored his paper with tea as Shahzia does, Shahzia Sikanders work is so interesting and in the Art 21 Video she actually demonstrates this technique so we did our version of this kind of painting but with liquid watercolor in a variety of colors.
How often are we able to deflate stereotypes through simple exposure? The Art 21 videos are fantastic for this.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Illuminations/Art and artists Ahmed Mater, Shahzia Sikander with traditional Islamic works
Link to Art 21 Shahzia Sikander segment:
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/shahzia-sikander
The Verb of the Painting/Keith Morrison
The title comes from a quote from the artist, Lari Pittman. For this lesson I showed a couple segments from his feature on the PBS series, Art 21. To see his work and clip, see the below link. The work above is by the artist Keith Morrison, whom Lari Pittman has much in common with.
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/lari-pittman
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