PUFA
3220

Core Studio 2: Topics in 2D

Parsons School of Design: School of Art, Media, and Tech

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students (with Restrictions)
Topics 2D: Trans Painting
Spring 2024
Taught By: Avery Z. Nelson
Section: B

CRN: 5239

Credits: 3

The word 'painting,' is both a noun (I made a painting) and a verb (I love painting). The prefix 'trans-' suggests a movement across, beyond, through, or on the other side of something. Through playfully attaching the prefix trans- to painting, this course invites students to investigate modes and methods of painting that extend across, beyond, and through traditional formal parameters, while simultaneously drawing on various trans- prefixed words as subject matter. What could it mean to make a transnational, transitional, or transgender painting? Is there a difference between a painting that is about translation, verses a painting that translates? Or a difference between a painting that is about transmutation verses a painting that undergoes transmutation during the process of becoming? Furthermore, what is the artist’s role in all of this? Projects will provide a platform for students to explore expanded parameters of painting, at first within the illusionistic space of the 2D frame, and quickly opening painting up beyond the parameters of the frame, into sculpture, installation, and performative experiments. Discussions and assignments will be grounded in readings, significant art historical references, visits to current gallery exhibitions, and weekly exposure to relevant contemporary practices, including the work of Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Jutta Koether, Caitlin Cherry, Leidy Churchman, Adrian Piper, Byron Kim, Mike Cloud, Molly Zuckerman Hartung, KC Crow Maddux, Cassils, Kara Walker, Ghada Amer, Katharina Grosse, David Hammons, and Gilda Snowden among many others. Students will be encouraged to experiment and work outside of their comfort zone, with ample room to pursue individual material interests and approaches to painting.

Open to: Bachelors degree in Fine Arts majors, others by permission of the Fine Arts program. Pre-requisite(s): PUFA 2200 Core Seminar 1, PUFA 2220 Core Studio 1: 2D, and at least one of the following: PUFA 2230 Core Studio 1: 3D or PUFA 2240 Core Studio 1: 4D.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Art, Media, and Tech (AMT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Studio (S)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 15

Add/Drop Deadline: February 4, 2024 (Sunday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 16, 2024 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

* Seats available but reserved for a specific population.

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 9:44pm EDT 3/28/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 4:00pm - 9:40pm
Building: Parsons 2 W 13th
Room: 1104
Date Range: 1/23/2024 - 5/7/2024