Continuing the Art of Play
July 21 + 28, 2021
Artist: Nancy Graves
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Artist:
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From a point of view that she described as “objective,” Graves transformed scientific sources, such as maps and diagrams, into artworks by re-producing their complex visual information in detailed paintings and drawings. Investigating the intersections between art and scientific disciplines, Graves created compelling, formally rigorous, yet ultimately expressive works of art that examine concepts of repetition, variation, verisimilitude, and the presentation and perception of visual information.
(taken from her biography on Nancy Graves biography website)
Warm-up + Project:
Note: you may choose to explore with different materials and inspiration over two weeks, creating two projects, or you may choose to create one piece that you work on in-depth over the two-week period.
Please choose something to reference and explore with different approaches and materials inspired by Nance Graves's work.
Examples:
constellations of stars
patterns in nature
trees and or tree root systems
building of anthills
cell compositions
weather patterns
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The possibilities are endless!
Let's play as always with some ideas and materials and then choose a direction for your project.
Sculpture
Variability of similar forms - 1970
Trace - 1979-80
Irrational Factor of Nature - 1989
Unending Revolution of Venus - 1992
Paintings
Antarci - 1975
Untitled #1 - 1975
Ballarat - 1985
Arachn - 1980
Drawings
Eskimo Land and Sea Map 1 - 1971
Untitled #127 (Drawing of the Moon) circa 1972
Geological Survey, Egton, England - 1972
Hide and Seek - 1982
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