Artists for Research

Artist Research Topics_21^st century Artists-Art Appreciation-Thomas Green

Contemporary and Pop

Roy Lichenstein

Andy Warhol

Yayoi Kusama

Cornelia Konrads

Felice Varini

Daniel Arsham

Bruce Munro

Yulia Brodskaya

Young-Deok Seo

Kumi Yamashita

Guy Laramee

Hebru Brantley

URNY

Alexander Mijares

Kenny Scharf

Tim Hawkinson

Bruce Nauman

Tang Chiew

Sally Fuerst

Ron English

Charlie McCarthy

Austyn Weiner

Keith Haring

Feminism

Cindy Sherman

Sandy Skolund

Ellen Lupton

June  Leaf

Liz Larner

Marina Abromovic

Paula Scher

Barbara Kruger

Judy Chicago

Andrea Bowers

Jessica Jackson Hutchins

Louise Bourgeois

Zoe Strauss

Louise Lawler

Adrian Piper

Jenny Saville

Mariko Mori

Young British Artists (punk Aesthetics)

Jake and Dinos Chapman

Douglas Gordon

Marcus Harvey,

Gary Hume

Rachel Whiteread

Gillian Wearing

Mark Wallinger

Marc Quinn

Steve McQueen
Chris Ofili

Racial Identity

Carrie Mae Weems              

Kara Walker

Xaviera Simmons

Nick Cave

Shinique Smith

Kerry James Marshall

Jean Michelle Basquiat

Kehinde Wiley 

Hank Willis Thomas 

Mickalene Thomas

Rashid Johnson 

Barkley L. Hendricks 

Iona Rozeal Brown 

Glenn Ligon 

Trenton Doyle Hancock

Gabriel Orozco

Artists looking to community help for project

A local filmmaker is looking for some helpers to paint and help assemble a miniature city built out of cardboard!  They are working in the Overton Square area of Memphis at the circuit playhouse, and will be there from 12-5 today, Saturday, October 25.

If you are interested in going and helping out some, you should email Eric Huber at ehuber@mca.edu or you might try sending him a message on Facebook.

Altered and Limited Palette

Altered and Limited Palette

Altered Palette- Another way to create cohesion among a group of diverse colors by altering each color with a small amount of an “outside” color.

Limited Palette- Limiting the number of colors used in your palette to create unity within a composition produces a variety of tones through intermixing two to three colors with the addition of white.

In Class Assignment-select a set of PRISMATIC complementary colors (blue/orange or Green/Red) and put each down on your palette plus a quantity of white.   From this complementary pair, create a “color dot inventory” to explore the palettes range.  A great deal of colors and tones can be achieved with the use of this simple complementary set (plus the addition of white).  Begin by mixing the complements in a visible color range of the following percentages.

1. 80/20

2. 60/40

3. 40/60

4. 20/80

Continue this muting the colors with white to mid-tone and high key range of values for this set of four.

Altered Palette:  Discordant and multi-colored schema can be unified using a secondary color to alter the original color scheme. 

Outside Assignment

Create two compositions using an altered palette in one and a limited palette in the other.   

Composition 1 (limited)

Choose a complementary pair from the color wheel for your palette.  Create a variety of tones by intermixing your two complements with the addition of white.  You will need to include a wide range of colors in your design.

7x10 with a 1 inch border (mounted on 9x12)

Composition 2 (altered)

Choose 4-5 discordant colors for your palette.   Choose an outside color and add equal amounts to each of your colors.  The admixture should unify your colors.  You could use one of your neutral (earth) tones or white to alter your palette.

7x10 with a 1 inch border (mounted on 9x12)

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Color Foundations At Memphis College of Art

This Blog is intended for your use as reference and if, for some reason, you are having some troubles with some of the concepts, or even if you have just missed class and need some clarification on our assignments.

Week 1

Day 1-1/14/2014

Syllabus and Introductions. Review of Materials

We also watched a Ted talk about the interaction of color and illusion.