This course will explore how different cultures and periods worldwide use silhouettes to tell a visual story and impact cultural change, from the Mughal Empire, to the Victorian Era, to contemporary examples such as Kara Walker and the Twitter logo. In each session, students will dive into a new world culture that uses silhouettes, block-printing, and shadow art. The class will journey from Mughal shadow theater that inspired religious equality to exploring how the use of a bird silhouette for Twitter in the digital era has empowered individual voices. The course is designed to energize students to embrace their voices and consider how simple one-color block images can encourage movements and considerable cultural and social change. Please note that this is a lecture and discussion course.
Ruhee Maknojia is a Houston based artist. Her conceptual research and art practice has developed around what she calls ‘tradition as a form’- those forces and functions that shape contemporary value systems. Maknojia work is influenced by the aesthetics and philosophies of Indo-Iranian gardens. She utilizes this philosophical belief and aesthetic to realigning social and traditional relations to raise questions about power, ethics, and values.
Maknojia received her M.F.A. in Visual Arts from Columbia University in New York City, a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Maknojia teaches Art History and Art Appreciation at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas.
| 
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário