Giovanni's Field Trip

The students had the opportunity to go to our client's establishment, Giovanni's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, and speak with the owners to better understand what they hope to see in a bar design. The class first took a trip to the Giovanni's in Lake Mary to take a look at the current bar, then traveled to the Giovanni's in Oviedo to study the space they are to designing for.


Images from the Lake Mary Location:



































Image & blueprint from the Oviedo Location, this is the space the bar is planned for:

Conceptual

Conceptual artwork is art in which emphasis is placed on the processes of producing art objects rather than on the objects themselves, the creation is merely used to convey a message to the viewer.

For this assignment students were asked to assemble/create a conceptual piece that was in some way still related to their original object. Any medium could be used for this piece, including performance art.

Artists to look at include: Marina Abramović (rhythm 0), Joseph Beuys, Lauren Greenfield, Orlan, Gilbert and George, Shirin Neshat, Guerilla Girls, Andres Serrano, Chris Ofili, Nan Goldin, and Kiki Smith, among others.


Some images of the student artists presenting/performing:

Non-Representational

Non-representational artwork contains no narrative content, the content of the work is/are the visual elements and principals of organization.

Artists to look at include: David Haxton, Anthony Caro, Alexander Calder, and Jackie Winsor, among others.

Some images from lecture and critique:

Do schools kill creativity?

Students, please discuss this lecture.
Do schools kill creativity? How? Why? What can be done?

What is your reaction to Sir Ken Robinson's lecture?

Abstract

Abstract art transforms the objects meaning and representation through use of texture, scale, shape, color, and form.

Check out the gallery on our sister site Adlab to see past semesters works.

Student work:

Abstract

The second assignment is to abstract the original object, again students are expected to create these models using only paper, glue, and gesso.

Abstract artwork is art in which the depiction of real objects has been subordinated in favor of patterns, lines, and color.

The abstract models of your original object should still be slightly recognizable. Don't forget the litmus test! The litmus test consists of a stranger(most likely from the VAB hallway) determining whether the original object is still identifiable within your abstraction of it.

Artists to look at are Meret Oppenheim (fur teacup), Picasso(Les Demoiselles d'Avignon), Deborah Butterfield,Marcel Breuer(chair design), among others.

Some images from critique:

Representational

Here are a few examples of the representational work produced this semester,
assignment one - representational art

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Representational

Representational artwork is work that is modeled after an actual object or depicts something easily recognized by most people.

Artists to look at include Victor Spinski, Duchamp, Marilyn Levine, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Mapplethorpe, among others.

Students are asked to bring in an object that is important to them in some way, they are then asked to recreate the object using only paper, glue, and gesso.

Some images from lecture and critique with Professor Reedy: