IDEA@thebasss Teacher Training Workshop for Art Teachers- October 28, 2011 Trainers: Lourdes Fuller and Dr. Adrienne von Lates

Vanishing Points: paint and paintings from the collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl

Images to accompany the Lesson Plan :

Inspiring Creativity Using

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Key Words

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: Connecting Materials with Meaning

Inspiring Creativity Using

“

Key Words

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-- Connecting Materials with Meaning

Need: Students must understand that artists choose their materials carefully,

because the medium enhances the story they are telling or communicates a feeling.

Challenge: Create a work of art inspired by a

“ key word ” element of art and one art-making tool. emphasizing one

Objectives: 1. Students will understand how a medium can convey a message.

2.Students will discover that working within rules and limitations can result in a variety of creative solutions ( design thinking and language arts connections). Suggested Class Time: 15 minutes for discussion, at least 30 minutes for the creation of an artwork. Student critique and display of the finished artworks should take place during the next class.

1) Identify

, Using the CD-Rom , a poster or a post card, show the class the key work of art. Ask students “ What do you see or feel when you look at this?

” Work with the students to make a list of words that come to mind when looking at the artwork together. There should be at least 10 words .

2) Discuss

the art work on a deeper level. Show the class a list of the elements of art, ( see the next slide) Ask the class to determine which of the elements of art are strongest in the work . Next, ask “ How are these strong elements leading us to have feelings or opinions about what is going on in this work of art?

” To get more thought-provoking answers from the students ask a few questions using one or more of the following “ starting points: ” Why… What are the reasons….

What is the significance of …..

What if….

How would it be different if….

Suppose that…..

What if we knew… What would change if….

How would we look at it differently if….

The Elements of Art

1.Rhythm

2. Space 3.Color

4. Line 5. Pattern 6. Texture 7. Unity 8. Variety 9. Shape 10. Emphasis 11. Balance

3)Envision, Display a list of available materials or simply lay out the

materials that are for their use. Working individually or in teams students must choose one of the key words, one element of art, and one medium ( painting, drawing or coloring tool, 3-d design etc.) to create their own artwork . 4) Assess: Taking time to allow your students to compare and contrast their solutions to the challenge is the goal of this lesson. Students should write their chosen key word and element of art on the back of the finished artwork. They will then take turns showing the work, and the rest of the class has to guess what the key word was that inspired them. Each student will explain why they chose the word and the element and how it works in their creation. They may tell a story or write a caption that can be shown beneath the work when it goes on display on a wall or in a portfolio.

Jim Lambie

Zobop, 1999 / 2011

colored vinyl tape dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist & The Modern Institute|Toby Webster. Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland Sarah , collection of Debra and Dennis Scholl, Miami installed during the

Vanishing Points

exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art

Break on Through

Jim Lambie 96"x32"x12" Jim Lambie born in Bellshill in 1964 and studied at the Environmental Department in Glasgow school of Art which placed an emphasis on context and placement (something which has heavily influenced all his work to date). Working most famously using vinyl tape in now iconic works such as ‘ Zobop', Lambie, one time DJ and band member of The Boy Hairdressers who went on to become Teenage Fanclub, finds his key influence music and more specifically pop. Predominately using found objects such as record turntables and abandoned gloves and belts, Lambie then injects serious color into the white cube of the gallery space with his shiny enamel paint and slick clean lines.

Jim Lambie

Gina X, 2004

glove, bamboo and oil enamel paint 47 1/4 x 23 5/8 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Jim Lambie

Black Betty, 2006

t-shirt on MDF 37 3/8 x 59 7/8 x 5/8 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Jim Lambie

The Fall (Deep Dance), 2005

acrylic and magazine 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Hernan Bas All I want for Xmas, 2005 11 ” x 10 ” Hernan Bas All I want for Xmas, 2005 Oil and graphic on paper 11 ” x 10 ”

Hernan Bas The Heroism of Weakness, 2003 Acrylic and oil on paper 30 ” x 22 ”

Hernan Bas Mystery At Wildcat Swamp, 2001 11 ” x 8 ½ ”

Hernan Bas

The Grave Stone Carver, 2006

mixed media with sifted earth from Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris and shavings (graphite) from erased grave rubbing 11 x 8 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Hernan Bas Untitled (As Yet) , 2005 Oil and graphite on paper 30

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x 22

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Kori Newkirk

Untitled, 2010

paint on artist board 10 x 8 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Michael Vasquez

Untitled, 2007

acrylic on canvas 24 x 36 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Flo

Henry Taylor was born in Oxnard, California in 1958 and drew and painted throughout his teens. One of eight children raised by a single mother, he worked odd jobs throughout his career, including a full time job as a psychiatric technician at Camarillo State Hospital from 1984 to 1994. He received a BA at the California Institute of the Arts in 1995, and his work has been featured in solo gallery shows on both coasts Henry Taylor

Better Watch Your Back, 2005

acrylic on canvas 29 x 32 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

10. Nathan Carter Aero Dolomiti, 2005 102 ” x 54 ” x 2 ” wire and house paint 96 x 60 x 5 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Sylvie Fleury Skin Crime 3 Enamel paint on compressed fiat car 22 ” x 60 ” x 143 ”

Timothy Buwalda

Towards the Past, 2007 Oil on canvas 60 x 84 in.

Jacin Giordano

The Ends, 2004

oil on canvas 48 x 38 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Jacin Giordano The Ends (Detail), 2004 Acrylic, glitter and yarn on canvas 48 x 36 inches Collection of Dennis and Deborah Scholl, Miami Photo Credit: Courtesy Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami

Jacin Giordano

Untitled, 2009

acrylic and glitter on paper 9 x 6 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

My practice is both collage and décollage at the same time," says Mark Bradford. "Décollage you take it away, and then collage immediately add it right back." Using a combination of signage from the city streets, including business advertisements and merchant posters, twine, and glue, Bradford produces wall-sized paintings and installations that are a reflection of "the conditions that are going on at that particular moment at that particular location," he says.

Mark Bradford

(born 1961 Los Angeles California) is an American rtist living and working in Los Angeles Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and installations that respond to the impromptu networks- underground economies, migrant communities, or popular appropriation of abandoned public space- that emerge within a city. Bradford ’ s work is as informed by his personal background as a third-generation merchant in Los Angeles as it is by the tradition of abstract painting developed worldwide in the twentieth century.

Mark Bradford Black Wall Street, 2006 Collage and acrylic on canvas 114 ” x 240 ”

Francesca DiMattio

Steeple, 2008

oil on canvas 108 x 60 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Francesca DiMattio

Black House, 2005

oil on canvas 94 x 67 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Francesca DiMattio

Vulture, 2006

oil on canvas 120 x 83 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Fl

born: 1970 born in: Rotterdam lives in: Rotterdam Carla Kline took her show on the road, which is to say that her paintings paintings are based on snapshots made while driving (or, alternatively, while being driven, as the case usually seems to be) across the United States. These source photographs, as they may be somewhat imprecisely labeled, are of the variety with which many of us have filled our own rolls — hurtling cross-country down sparse, baked, two-lane rural highways, the light catching the pavement just so, each click of the camera an attempt to capture another overwhelming, perpetually unfolding vista, to document what it feels like to be there and there and there.

Carla Kline Untitled, 2008 71

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x 177

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Judith Eisler

Car Trouble (the Evil Dead), 2005

oil on canvas 68 x 80 inches

Kristen verberg Tower, Haut du Lievre, Nancy , 2005, oil and enamal on canvas over panel

Adler Guerrier was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and lives and works in Miami. He studied at the New World School of the Arts in Miami and has exhibited widely including The Whitney Biennial 2008, the Wolfsonian Miami Beach, and Miami Art Museum. The artist has recently exhibited in VideoStudio at The Studio Museum in Harlem and Pivot Points 3 at Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and is in the permanent collection of both institutions. Upcoming exhibitions and projects include Afro Modernism: Journeys through the Black Atlantic at the Tate Liverpool; commissioned works for Locust Projects Miami and a monograph to be published by Name Publications. Guerrier's work has appeared in the New York Times, Artnews, and Art in America, among numerous other publications.

Adler Guerrier

Untitled (Black-fluent), 2008

acrylic on wood 47 x 24 1/2 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Gardar Eide Einarsso Untitled (I am the Master of My Fate; I am the Captain of My Soul), 2005 Spray paint Dimensions Variable

Joyce Pensado

Mickey, 2007

oil on canvas 29 x 23 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Kristen verberg Tower, Haut du Lievre, Nancy , 2005, oil and enamal on canvas over panel

Sarah Morris Calypte, 2008 113 ¾

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¾

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x 113

Norbert Lynch Knwerraye (Working 1980s) Australia (Aboriginal) Norbert Lynch Knwerraye, active in the 1980s, COMBINATION OF FIVE STORIES OF PLACES IN THE ARNAPIPE COUNTRY FROM THE NGWARLE UNTYE

Provenance: Painted at Alice Springs in 1988

Minnie Motorcar Pwerle was born circa 1910 on McDonnell Down station in the Northern Territory, approximately 200 miles north-east of Alice Springs and died on 18th March 2006. Minnie had 5 sisters and one brother (the other brother is now deceased). One of Minnie ’ s sisters, prominent senior artist the late Emily Kngwarreye, continued to paint and exhibit until age 92. Minnie had seven children including Eileen, Betty, June, Dora, Raymond, and Barbara Weir who is a well-known Aboriginal artist. Minnie often returned to her country in Utopia or visited grandson Fred Torres in Adelaide. Minnie started painting in the 1980's completing batik works for the Robert Holmes a Court Collection. In 2000 Minnie had her first solo exhibition in Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne. Since then, she exhibited regularly throughout Australia. Minnie often travelled to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney for exhibitions. To be selected into the Telstra award is an enormous recognition of her work.

Minnie Motorcar Pwerle at work

BUSH ORANGES IN ANUNAPA

Dimensions: 137 BY 92CM Medium: synthetic polymer Her bold, commanding paintings are vivid depictions of the designs used in women's ceremonies called "awelye". Minnie also paints circular formations which denote the "bush tomato" and "bush orange" both a popular source of bush food for Aboriginal people

Jimmy Donegan and 'Papa Tjukurpa and Pukara': Jimmy Donegan with his winning work, Papa Tjukurpa, Pukara. Winner of the Telstra and General Painting Award, 27th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award 2010. Image courtesy of the Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory.

Jimmy Donegan

Papa Tjukurpa (Dingo Dreaming), 2008

oil on canvas 52 x 64 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

Mr Donegan, with the assistance of a translator, told reporters the bright, vibrant, synthetic-polymer paint work on canvas tells two ``special'' ancestral stories relating to his father and grandfather's country in Western Australia.

Papa Tjukurpa, or Dingo Dreaming, shows his father's rock hole called Dulu, where there are lots of dingoes.

John Sanchez

Home, 2006

47 x 47 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

John Sanchez Turbine, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 19 x 19 inches

José Bedia

Iqaro Nocturno (Nocturnal Icarus), 2007

acrylic and oil stick on canvas 72 x 120 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida

EDUCATION

2007 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2004 BFA, State University of New York at Purchase 2003 Yale University, School of Art, Norfolk Summer Residency

Jeni Spota Mistakes (With Border) 2009 Oil on canvas Born in 1982, New York Lives and works in Los Angeles.

Jeni Spota Giotto ’ s Dream, 2008 12 ” x 14 ”

Jeni Spota Giotto ’ s Dream, 2008 12 ” x 14 ”

Kelley Walker Schema Dimensions Variable

Garth Weiser

Hospital Hill, 2006

paint on canvas 36 x 24 inches Courtesy of the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, Florida