Sculptors

Check out the work of these awesome sculptors:

Maya Lin (Links to an external site.)

Arlene Shechet (Links to an external site.)

Do Ho Suh (Links to an external site.)

Sarah Sze (Links to an external site.)

Next, discuss what your idea of sculpture was BEFORE viewing these innovative works by Lin, Shechet, Suh and Sze. Also, share how your idea of what sculpture is and can be has changed since viewing. Was there anything in particular that you were drawn to in these works? Size, location, materials, subject matter?

2. Keeping this in mind, view these short videos featuring artists Keltie Ferris (Links to an external site.), Josephine Halvorson (Links to an external site.), (Links to an external site.)Vija Celmins (Links to an external site.) and Julie Mehretu . (Links to an external site.)

It is fascinating that the same material can be used to depict such diverse subjects! Share with us your impressions regarding the different way that each of these artists uses paint to create very different works. Is there a specific artist whose work you find yourself drawn to? What SPECIFICALLY is going on in the work that you find to be of interest?

3. Consider the process, materials and act of drawing while viewing these short videos featuring artists

Louise Despont (Links to an external site.), Cai Guo-Qiang (Links to an external site.) and Ellen Gallagher. (Links to an external site.)

Any substance that can make a mark or leave a trace of a given path can be used as a drawing medium—a tire leaving a skid mark, a rock pulled across another rock, food on a napkin. Consider the intent of these actions and other potential efforts and discuss how you feel that the very different works of Despont, Guo-Qiang and Gallagher connect within the field of drawing. Do you have a favorite??? If so, why?