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Running head; THE ORIGIN OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA

Modern and Contemporary Drawing Practices Readings

Now that we have spent some time looking at the basic mediums for drawing and how they were used centuries ago, lets now look at how those mediums have been used from the twentieth century (1900s) to today! In some cases, we will look at artists who utilize drawing in traditional ways, and in other cases, we will examine artists who challenge the definition of drawing.

In 2012, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis opened an exhibition about the trajectory of contemporary drawing practices. For the exhibit, they brought together over sixty drawings by thirty-nine artists from the postwar decade (1950s) to today. The gallery created a website that acts as an exhibition catalogue. On the website are essays by the curators and other contributors about the exhibit as well as the artists exhibited, and the works of art that were displayed.

This is the link to the exhibition website: http://notations.aboutdrawing.org/

Next, read the short essay about Ellsworth Kelly and examine the work of art included.

Answer the following questions:

            1. Composition refers to the arrangement of elements within a work of art. An artist arranges the different elements of an artwork so as to bring them into a relationship satisfactory to them and, it is hoped, the viewer. In the essay, it talks about Kelly’s turn towards the “non-compositional.” What do you think this means? Can you see that in his drawing? What do you think the advantage is to creating non-compositional art?

2. According to the reading, Kelly drew scenes or objects from memory. During these “blind” drawings, he would not look at the scene or object; rather, he would have his eyes closed, or even blindfold himself. He would not look at the paper or monitor his progress. Try this out for yourself! Think of either your favorite place or something you use everyday and draw it from memory with your eyes closed! You WILL turn the drawing in with this module. Write on the back of the drawing what it is a drawing of.

Finally, read the interview with Allyson Strafella and examine the work of art included. Answer the following questions:

            1. Describe Strafella’s drawing process. How does she “draw” with a typewriter?

2. According to Strafella, why does she prefer to create circular shapes? How does this play into the relationship between machine and art in her work and process?

3. How is Strafella breaking from the traditional definition/understanding of drawing as you read in the last module?

Surrealism and Automatic Drawing

In the essay about Kelly, they reference the Surrealists and the automatic methods they utilized.

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm

https://monoskop.org/images/e/e0/Brotchie_Alastair_Gooding_Mel_eds_A_Book_of_Surrealist_Games_1995.pdf(read only the first three pages, or pages 10-12)

Answer the following questions:

1. In a paragraph (6 sentences) summarize what you learned about surrealism from both of these articles. Consider the following questions: what was the goal of Surrealist artists? What did they choose to focus on in their art? What did their art look like? What were some of the styles and subject matter of choice of some of the artists?

2.  Why did the Surrealists play games? What was the purpose of them? Consider your answers to this question in relation to your answer to the previous question. 

Surrealist Game: Exquisite Corpse

Next you will watch the following video explaining the surrealist game "Exquisite Corpse." You will play this game on your own time during the week, making sure you have at least three people participating (including yourself). Turn in a picture of your corpse with the assignment,