Charlotte Cullinan

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.

Charlotte Cullinan’s class looks at the possibilities for painting to become something else when the frame or stretcher is collapsed. What is there to see when traditional parameters have been broken down?

The students will carry out rigorous painting exercises using canvas, paper, tape, plastic sheets, cardboard and other surfaces. They will also be assigned several projects using found images, photocopies, text, the live model, film etc. to develop the production of new ideas and approaches. This course will be supplemented with weekly presentations of contemporary artists’ works and interviews, as well as one-on-one critiques and group discussions together with Milena Dragicevic and Charlotte Cullinan.

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: Siegfried Zaworka