Nummer: SoKu 390
Malerei II , Kurs A, Daniel Mullen, Amsterdam (NL)
"Perception: Vibrations in Colour and Form"
– Abstract narrative building! What kind of journey is stimulated from a space of abstraction? How does our imagination impact how we create and experience forms and colours that are not figurative? In this course we will explore abstract landscapes and create new visual languages through painting; creating imaginary spaces that don't necessarily rely on lived experience, yet still evoke emotional responses. We will work with how the repetition of lines brings rhythm, how two colours side by side might start to vibrate, how tones and hues give depth and nuisance, how it all adds to a visual embodied experience, where the eye may constantly shift, making associations and building abstract narratives.
Falling in love with your materials, and recognizing that it is a relationship will allow us to coax out what's already there, opening to unexpected outcomes. At the beginning of this course, we’ll spend some time building those relationships, as that will be the basis for activating the imagination and deepening our understanding.
In this course, we will also explore colour interaction, focusing on how colour can shift our perception. We will look at how form can be used to create rhythms, repetitions, and composition. We will work with techniques for creating perspective and how to apply paint, thinking about the placement of thin washes in contrast with hard edge lines. Through this process we aim to create a body of work in a short period. This will open up an opportunity to explore an inner relationship between our imagination and what we have visually created. It will be a journey into abstract narrative building.
Biography
Born in 1985 in Glasgow, Scotland (GB) 2006-2011 studies at the BFA Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL) 2012/2014 Guest teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL) and the Free Academie Nunspeet (NL) 2014-2016 Guest Teacher, Free Columbia, Hudson, New York (US) since2019 numerous Residencies, e. g. at the FAMA Foundation, Itu, São Paulo (BR), Arte Ventura Residency, Andalusia (ES), Wassaic Artist Residency, New York (US) and Casa Lu Residency, Mexico City (MX)
Selected Solo and group exhibitions
2023Chromatic Visions, Enlace, Lima (PE); Altered Perceptions, The Flat Missimo Carasi, Milan (IT); Colour of Sound, Sun Valley Museum of Art, Idaho (US) 2022(IN)VISIBLE WITHIN, Zipper Galeria, São Paulo (BR); WYSIWYG, Glarus (CH); CATCH 22’, Franktaal Gallery, Rotterdam (NL) 2021EPHEMERAL FIELDS, Gallery Kogan Amaro, Zurich (CH); WORLDS OF COLOR, Light Forms Art Center, Hudson, New York (US) 2020DECADE, Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam (NL) 2019In a realm of Luminescence, Elan Fine Art, Vancouver (CA); Ostrale Biennale O19, Dresden
Selected Awards
2019 Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize, UK 2017 Winner, Public Prize, Summer Show, Nieuw Dakota and Francis Boeske Projects Amsterdam (NL) 2016 Longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize, UK 2014 Nominated for the Dutch Royal Prize for Painting (NL) 2012 Nominated for the Buning Brongers Prize for Painting (NL)
TIMES: Mon-Fri, 9:30 am until 5:00 pm, incl. lunch break
PLEASE BRING:
Acrylic colours (highest quality), painting surfaces (canvas – fine weaved, cardboard, paper, etc.), acrylic binder, various brushes for watercolor (flat edge), mixing palette, brush glass, masking tape (e. g. Kip 3308 Washi-Tec) and cloths; work clothes.
NOTE: Course B will take place from 22.7.-26.7.2024