From Lettrism to Graffiti. A cycle of workshops for teenagers

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This mini-cycle composed of three classes will trace the history of text becoming a part of global art, and the letter replacing the palette and brushes. Lettrism has raised the letter to a new level—that of symbol—and made it an integral element of the art world, as much as the world of mathematics, fashion, advertising, and, obviously, graffiti.

Participants will learn the pathway of letter as symbol from 1946 to our time, how lettrism reflected in the practice of an entire generation of artists and poets, and how it penetrated contemporaneity where slogans and tags compete with images for getting our attention.

ABOUT THE TEACHER

 

Anna Parkina (b. 1979, Moscow) is an artist making collages, drawings, sculptures, videos and performances. Anna studied at the ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena (2005) and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (2002–2006). She has participated in over ten solo and group shows in Europe and the US, at institutions such as Saatchi Gallery and Wilkinson Gallery (both London), Barbara Gladstone Gallery (New York), and SFMOMA, as well as in the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009). She has also contributed to several exhibitions in Russia, including Detective (2014), Eyes Instead of the Eye (2015), Hooray! Sculpture! (2016), and Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art (2017). Parkina lives and works in Moscow.

HOW TO TAKE PART

The course is composed of three 90-minute sessions.
Admission is free with advance registration.
Broadcast via Zoom. 
Class size is limited.

All registered participants will receive a link to the class prior to the start.

Schedule

From Lettrism to Graffiti

During the opening class, participants will work with text as both a plastic and semantic material: they will create a collage featuring text that has partially replaced objects. The group will also consider comic strips, which were often utilized by Situationists.

You will need:

A3 paper (two A4 sheets can be glued together)
Magazines and newspapers (featuring texts and letters of various sizes)
Paper cuts with images of human bodies and faces (can be printed from the Internet)
Scissors
Glue
Felt-pens, color pencils, oil pastels (to choose from)

REGISTRATION 

Date
Monday, June 22
Time
15:30–17:00

From Lettrism to Graffiti

The second session will cover text as symbol. The group will discuss the method of hypergraphy and will try to distance letter and text from meaning. Participants will also work with the visual appearance of symbol, its implementation in various advertising genres, fields of science and culture—before creating their own tags, logos, or graffiti designed as works of art.

You will need:

A3 paper (two A4 sheets can be glued together)
Scissors
Glue
Felt-pens, color pencils, oil pastels, marker pens (to choose from)
Magazines and newspapers
A ruler

REGISTRATION

Date
Thursday, June 25
Time
15:30–17:00

From Lettrism to Graffiti

The final class will concentrate on symbol in its relationship with image. Is it possible to narrate a Van Gogh painting? Can it be written textually or symbolically, or even transformed into an art rebus? Participants will experiment by transferring the language of painting into a language of signs and symbols.

You will need:

A3 paper (two A4 sheets can be glued together)
Scissors
Glue
Felt-pens, color pencils and pens, oil pastels, marker pens (to choose from)
Magazines and newspapers
A ruler
Gouache or watercolor paints
Brushes
Water tank

REGISTRATION

Date
Saturday, June 27
Time
15:30–17:00

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