Unit 1Mark Making and Line
DISCUSSION
If you distill the graphic arts (e.g., painting, drawing, printmaking, computer graphics, etc.) down to their most fundamental element, you find the mark. Marks are like building blocks in that they are individual and discrete, but can be used in a repetitive manner to render almost any visual effect. Marks can be highly gestural and expressive, or controlled and mechanical. The degree to which artists can achieve certain desired effects is determined by their choice of tool, the nature of the medium used, and the quality of the gestures employed. Marks can be descriptive, expressive, conceptual, and symbolic in nature.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly
Eve Aschheim
Eve Aschheim
Eve Aschheim
Cameron Luft
Student Work
Julia SelmanFreshman
Melissa DorazioFreshman
Robin SendeleFreshman
Liliana CervantesJunior
Lauren KellyFreshman
Ewa SrokaFeshman