John Murray classes week of October 28, 2013

Last week's found object challenge went well; above is what I did around a crushed piece of drain pipe and some burlap fabric.

Friday's Times had a great review by Blake Gopnik of a show at the Hirschorn Museum in DC of the Destruction Movement in art in the 60's and 70's.

I will see the show in November when I go to Washington... but the review mentioned a piece by Robert Rauschenberg, included in the show, that is his famous erased Dekooning drawing. 

This inspired next week assignment: I will setup a still life for you to paint draw or otherwise replicate and then ask you (or your neighbor) to destoy, erase or obscure in an interesting and graphic fashion.

See you next week, John.