Monday, April 19, 2010

New Wallpaper!


There are many advantages to having your classroom in a basement. It's big, it's nice and cool, you don't need to worry about bugging another classroom with all the fun art noises.
But my friends, the downsides are; the exposed duct work, plumbing pipes, and the dreary walls. So we've tried our best this year to spruce up the space, and make it into an inspiring place everybody wants to be.
Our latest decorating indeaver came while we  journeyed into the world of "Non-Objective Art."
We learned that Abstract art must be, well, abstracted from something! So even if it's a triangle on a page, if it's meant to be a ship sailing the ocean, then it's an Abstract.  Non-objective, is like the work of Jackson Pollack. It's not meant to represent anything! Pollack, as well as many Non-Objective artists, believe that the "actions" it takes to create the art, is the actual art, and that what's left behind on the canvas is just evidence of those actions.
We worked in groups of 4 on our large prints, and they can be seen adorning the walls downstairs as wallpaper!
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