Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York

This course examines ways of looking and ways of seeing, both personally & professionally as artists and in a larger cultural context. Through field trips to contemporary art and other cultural sites, conversations with visiting critical thinkers and practicioners, readings, discussions, and visual & written responses, we will examine how we look, think, act, create and respond--critically questioning our own artistic practices and ways of looking at the world.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

There is Nothing to See, So You Look

















Charline von Heyl, Untitled (Wall at WAM), 2010, acrylic and latex paint, 17 x 67'

At her talk at the Worcester Art Museum for the extraordinary 17 x 67-foot mural she painted, Charline von Heyl described her state of perception while visiting her studio in the prairie in Marfa, Texas: "There is nothing to see, so you look."

This week's assignment is to respond to this sentence in image, text, moving image, or any combination.
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