Although few divisions exist anymore between painting, sculpture, and other disciplines, why is ‘Chromophobia’ (fear of color) still prevalent amongst sculptors and even painters? The roots of this unconscious fear go much deeper than fashion and taste as we’ll examine in David Batchelor’s book “Chromophobia”. Through installation, site specific work, and more, we will investigate the nature of this puritanical prejudice as it relates to a long history of anti ‘orientalism’, racism, and sexism. Expanding your material base and addressing palette are just two of many ways to embolden your work, support your content or concept, and make your work contemporary and timely. So, your inner chromophobia (or general fears) might just be holding you back. In this class we will broaden our material vocabularies as we begin to take painting off the wall. Exploring images, videos, and interviews with Artists (ranging from David Smith to Jessica Stockholder to Assume Vivid Astro Focus) who have successfully traversed these areas of exploration, we will gain a more complete picture of the mixed media/ installation/’color meets form’ lineage. This studio based class is perfect for Painting majors who want to come off the wall and explore painting in 3D/ Individualized, Sculpture, Textile majors and more who want to expand your material and color repertoire.

Throughout the duration of the semester the studio will consider tectonic strategies that ask: Is there a 

capacity of ‘building intelligence’ that efficiently adapts to unexpected events (atmospheric, urban, etc.)? How will this web like plurality of spaces develop and mature by processes of informality, flexibility, diversity, and real time phenomenal growth?