Hwk 2/24: Intro to ABSTRACTION
1) Define "NARRATIVE" & "NON-NARRATIVE" art. Make this clear for a broad audience. Give examples with captions.
http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in/resources/dt-jan-2009/Narrative%20and%20Non-Narrative.pdf
What formal elements are present in each? Where do we draw this line? How does abstraction v/s figuration fall into these categories? Support with examples. Post this to the blog.
2) Bring in your contè crayons and ALL grey paper for next class. Paper should measure 18"x 24". If you have already purchased different dimensions bring in what you have.
3) Read over your Scratchboard project. Bring in 4-5 black and white images of eyes (both whole eye and abstracted detail) for next class. Photoshop cropping/ manipulation for contrast acceptable. Each image should measure 6"x 6" and have a 3" border.
a non-narrative is the concept of an idea or or feeling being expressed through no linear or no patterned symbols. These expressions do not tell a step by step story, they do not have a beginning, middle or end. one of the best known abstract artist, Jackson Pollock was a master at this, simply pulling people into his images and drawing emotion from them without a tale woven clearly in his work.
ReplyDeleteThe narrative art is the other side of the coin. it contains all three parts of a tale, it shows the beginning, the middle and the end to what ever message the artist is sharing with their audience. they can simply look at the image and know what the story is, and the majority of people viewing the work will be able to agree on what that story is. Ansel Adams is a master of this skill in his work. best known for landscape work, he did a piece on the american japanese who where put into internment camps. with one click he showed the hurt, the pain and the feeling of betrayel that they felt being locked up like criminals by their own country.
Jerome, This is a lovely definition. Can you copy and paste it into a new post with pics? Thanks!
DeleteJust wondering, does it matter what kind of grey paper it is? Or does it have to be a certain kind of material?
ReplyDeleteNope! It should be appropriate for Conte crayons, so no plasticised papers. 18" x 24"
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ReplyDeleteprinting on giant paper? 3"+3"+ 6"= 12" by 12" paper. Too late for me, please clarify how we can substitute in class.
ReplyDeleteHey lady. Sorry. Those are the parameters for the final piece. Just make sure your image is 6" x 6". Don't worry about the borders for your copies. Sorry for the confusion.
DeleteThe line between narrative and non-narrative art, to me, seems thinner and thinner as contemporary art evolves. Even though Jackson pollock created non-objective art, i think you can argue that his paintings are narratives of an artist's process. On his paintings there are remnants of objects in his studio (i believe there is one a ladder fell onto and others with cigarette butts) and all of these leave marks onto the painting that tell the story of how jackson pollock works in his studio directly onto a canvas.
ReplyDeleteTo put "narrative" and "non-narrative" into black-and-white definitions, narrative works of art have elements that resemble recognizable objects (sometimes objects within objects such as facial features in a figure drawing) that interact with one another to show a literal step-bystep story from the artist. Figuration is heavily used in narrative art particularly in comic books because each panel shows different angles of the characters to effectively create narration. Non-narrative art, on the other hand, does not tackle storytelling as much as it does more abstract concepts (i.e. human emotion). Jackson pollocks' strokes, although they could be telling the story of how he makes art, do not create a composition that is a recognizable object (or series of objects)