Assignment: Call and Response. Art 418, 518, 618

Due: Monday, 9/28 by class time. The week after that, your images will be printed own the large-format printer, so plan accordingly (shoot RAW, use good camera skills).

Sherrie Levine's challenging project, pushing the bounds of appropriation in a post-modern world.

How I engaged with Meghan Riepenhoff's work, tried to "reverse engineer"/ figure out what she was doing with "wet process cyanotype," and then apply some of these discoveries to my own interests/work.

This is a very useful exercise to engage with another artist's thought process and working methods. It is active research, through making and reflecting. From the experience, you can distill useful approaches into your own work, moving it forward in new ways. 

Remember the famous quote attributed to Picasso: "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."

Please create two works/pieces, as follows:

1. Choose an image by the artist you have researched. Recreate the piece as closely as possible. This pertains to subject, location, lighting, arrangement, etc.... everything.  Stage/re-enact /build, as required, to pull it off. As you face challenges, use your resources (which may include your professor) to problem solve. 

Choose your piece carefully... it should balance challenge with attainability. Generate a plan of attack before you embark. The finished piece should be a very close interpretation of the original.

2. What did you discover from the above experience? Identify one aspect that was most intriguing or useful to you. That aspect might relate to subject matter, composition, use of color, lighting, whatever... Create a piece of your own, drawn from your own interests (and perhaps, related to what you might pursue for a long-term project) that utilizes this one "borrowed/stolen" aspect. In other words, identify the main take-away you got from the artist you were studying and apply it to your own work. 

Due: Monday, 9/28 by class time. The week after that, your images will be printed own the large-format printer, so plan accordingly (shoot RAW, use good camera skills).