Milena Dragicevic

If a mirror looks into a mirror, what is there to see?
(Andy Warhol from The philosophy of Andy Warhol)

Two courses, two instructors (Charlotte Cullinan and Milena Dragicevic), two scenes. These separate twin classes will be working adjacent to one another yet will be using reverse guidelines and methodologies – starting with opposite positions and ending with a multitude of possibilities. Elements such as found image, text as image, installation, film, performance, archive, collage, etc. will be used to test the validity of painting today and the potential for its own destruction and expansion from original flat surface.

Milena Dragicevic’s class focuses on painting as experience. Painting which is seen as experience mirrors a very real physical presence. Strategies involve gameplaying, rule-based systems and chance. Students will be assigned several projects using a variety of materials in order to synthesize photomontage, painting and language alongside the architecture of their own personal spaces. This course will be supplemented with weekly presentations of contemporary artists’ works and interviews, as well one-on-one critiques and group discussions together with Charlotte Cullinan and Milena Dragicevic.

The Mirroring thematic of the course will be a prominent feature of the final exhibition, taking a collaborative approach and questioning contemporary approaches to authorship and attitudes to exhibition production.

Assistant: Jakob Neulinger