For the next two weeks, you will be studying gesture and the blurring of line and tone. In this unit, you will be challenged to draw quickly. You will also be introduced to the human figure as subject.
The artist we will be looking at to inform this work is Marlene Dumas. She is a Dutch/South African artist known for her gestural drawings and paintings. Please review the following websites, and when doing so, keep in mind a sense of time and energy. How quickly do you think she paints? And how does this contribute to the sense of energy and movement within her figures?
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/marlene_dumas.htm
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/34
(there are two videos you can watch)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/magazine/15dumas-t.html
(this article is a bit long, but it's NYT, so it's an easy read and contains a lot of biographical information as well as some insights into the intent of the artist. When reading this article, consider how the way in which her paintings are painted reinforces the themes of violence and death)
Marlene Dumas is also well known for her self-portraits. For homework this week, you will draw yourself three times. Please look at the above images of Dumas's self-portraits as a reference.
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