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Shape, Form and Space. Shape. What is shape? A shape is an element of art. Specifically, it is an enclosed space , the boundaries of which are defined by other elements of art. Types of Shape. Geometric: Shapes that have specific rules
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Shape • What is shape? A shape is an element of art. Specifically, it is an enclosed space, the boundaries of which are defined by other elements of art
Types of Shape • Geometric: Shapes that have specific rules • Organic: a shape that can have both curved and straight segments.
Form • What is it? is an element of art. At its most basic, a form is a three-dimensional geometrical figure (i.e.: sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, etc.), as opposed to a shape, which is two-dimensional, or flat.
Types of Form • Geometric: is a list of three-dimensional geometric shapes. Such as: cubes, spheres, cones, etc
Another type of Form • Free Form: A form without specific rules. Three-dimensional enclosed space.
Space • Positive: it is the space occupied by your subject • Negative: is the space that is not your subject Do you see a vase or two faces? Negative space Positive space
Silhouette • What is a silhouette? The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background, esp. in dim light.
Kara Walker • “One of my earliest memories involves sitting on my dad’s lap in his studio in the garage of our house and watching him draw. I remember thinking: ‘I want to do that, too,’ and I pretty much decided then and there at age 2½ or 3 that I was an artist just like Dad.” —Kara Walker Born 1969- still alive
Life • Who is she? Kara Walker is a contemporary African American artist who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size black cut-paper silhouettes • She was born in California. Moved to Georgia at age 13.
Her Art • What is it about? Her compositions play off stereotypes to portray, often horrifically, life on the plantation, where masters and mistresses and slave men, women, and children enact a subverted version of the past in an attempt to reconfigure their status and representation. • She makes room-size cut-paper silhouettes depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and suppression
Her first full scale show was held by the Walker Art Center • At 27, she was the youngest to receive the John D & Cathy T MacArthur foundation’s “Genius Grant” • Over the past decade, she has gained national and international recognition for her art
Walker’s scenarios spoil conventional readings of a cohesive national history and expose the collective, and ongoing, psychological injury caused by the tragic legacy of slavery.
Over the past years she has used drawing, painting, colored-light projections, writing, shadow puppetry, and, most recently, film animation to narrate her tales of romance, sadism, oppression and liberation.
Social Issues • What is it? An issue that affects people and society as a whole. How it changed their lives and/or mental condition because of stress from the issueWhat are some social issues?
Project • We are going to use Kara Walker’s technique of paper-cut silhouette to depict a social issue you feel passionate about.
Steps • List two social issues that interest you • Find an image that helps get your image across • Print it off using the same format we used for last assignment. The image needs to be big • Tape a black piece of paper under your printed image • Use an x-acto knife and cut away all negative space. • After all negative space has been cut out, remove the printed image • Use tissue paper to glue onto the opened areas to create a powerful message • Fill out evaluation and hand it
