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Curated by William Lewis, RA and Hector Garcia-Castrillo, RA.
Photographed by Selina Ortiz, School of Architecture Visual Resources Collection Photography TA
Second Grade Hundertwasser-Inspired Landscapes:
Second grade students studied the whimsical and colorful work of Austrian painter and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and created their own fantastic landscapes using repeating line and experimenting with color mixing and using complementary colors. Hundertwasser often added highlights of gold leaf to enrich his work, as have the second grade students! Many of these paintings feature faces hidden in the landscape, can you find them?
Ask yourself: What would living in each of these landscapes be like?
Random whiteboard doodles by one of my students. She says she has no clue where this idea came from. I like it - even the clothing evokes the characters, with a real economy of line.
My student has done an amazing job on her project. She has a diverse number of learning needs and often doubts herself. I sure hope her teacher recognizes the effort and planning that went into this posterboard.
"Patient"
Fourth Grade Expressionist Painting:
These Emotion Compositions are inspired by the work of the Expressionist Art Movement. Students brainstormed common elements in paintings that lead the viewer to feel particular emotions, including color, symbol, brush stroke style, size and movement. After choosing an emotion, fourth grade students made extensive lists and sketches of all the visual elements that would help express that feeling. Can you guess the emotion of each painting without looking at the title?
Ask yourself: How might you paint each emotion differently, yet still express the essence of the idea to your audience?
In this project the students were directed to the Nobel lecture speech by Harold Pinter where he criticized the U.S. for its foreign policies. They contrasted this with a parody "roast" that the comedian Stephen Colbert gave at the press core dinner in Washington DC. The results were odd, stunning, and let to interesting discussion in class.