Check out this great illustration by our own Steven Guarnaccia, Chair of Illustration. It was in this week’s New York Times Book Review, accompanying a review of Ammon Shea’s new book Reading the OED. Congrats, Steven!
Category Archives: Illustration Faculty
Guy Billout written up at “Lines and Colors”
Charley Parker over at Lines and Colors did a great little write-up about longtime Illustration faculty member Guy Billout. Here’s a taste:
Like all of those artists, Billout excels at that aspect of art that brings us to a refreshingly different point of view on the world. He lays out a a geometric grid of stillness to quite our minds, and then drops a pebble of irony into the pool, allowing it to gently ripple through our unconscious mind until it dawns on us that, indeed, something’s not quite right here; but not quite right in a most delightful way.
You can read the rest of the article here and then find more of Guy’s work at his own website.
[image by Guy Billout from Wired Magazine]
Catch Tara’s Billboard before it comes down!
Late-breaking news:
Did you know that Adjunct Faculty Tara McPherson has had a billboard up on 3rd Avenue in Manhattan for the entire month of July? Neither did I until just now! Go check it out while you still can. Get more info about the whole project here.
Way to go, Tara!
Typography! Animation! Zines?
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Check out this great illustration by Illustration student Loa Hjálmtýsdóttir. She created it for Daniel Weise’s Typography class this past Spring. Go here to check out some of the other animations (scroll down!). Some students created zines to illustrate their handmade typefaces. We’d love to post some images, so if you’ve created one–send it along!
Quick Hit: Jillian Tamaki does the Week in Review
Check out Adjunct Faculty Jillian Tamaki’s great illustration for the New York Times Week in Review! Read the article here and also check out a preliminary sketch over at Jillian’s blog. Congrats, Jillian!
Guest Entry: Cat Lauigan on the Torino Book Fair
Back in early May, I had the privilege of flying out to Italy to participate in the Torino International Book Fair. Several students along with myself submitted book projects that were collected by the department which were then selected by the well-known Italian art and design publisher, Corraini. In addition to Parsons School of Design, the MFA School of Visual Arts, the Estonian Academy of Arts, the School of Design Hongik University of Seoul and the Instituto Europeo de Design were other art and design institutions that participated in the fair.
Here is a recap of my three day trip…
“Crocodile Tears” at Giant Robot NY
Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists
GRNY, July 19 – August 13, 2008
Reception: Saturday, July 19, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Giant Robot is proud to present Crocodile Tears: Small Works of Art by Over 50 Artists at the GRNY Gallery.
Following up on 2007’s hugely popular Look Behind You and Snack Isle group shows, Crocodile Tears will feature a large assortment small works that measure 5″ x 7″ or smaller. Each of the over 50 artists (editor’s note: featuring Parsons Illustration alums and faculty!) will be contributing two to five pieces in his or her own eclectic style. Mediums will range from painting to stitching to drawing to sculpture.
Parsons Illustration at Comic-con in San Diego!
Parsons will host a panel at Comic-con in July 2008, featuring Parsons Faculty and alumni in a conversation about how art school, and in particular a Parsons Illustration education, prepares young artists to enter these areas of professional activity. The panel is titled:
“Toys, Comics and Characters: Illustrators as Entertainment Entrepreneurs”
Friday, July 25th, 2008
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Comic-con International
Room 32AB
San Diego Convention Center
111 W. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA
Faculty and alumni joining us on the panel include: Tara McPherson (Parsons faculty, Vertigo Comics creator), Abby Denson (Alumna and Lulu Award Winning Cartoonist/Author of Tough Love: High School Confidential), Nora Krug (Parsons faculty, BLAB! contributor and internationally published illustrator) and Brian Wood (Parsons alumnus, iconoclastic indie creator of DMZ among other works). The event will highlight the Illustration department’s curriculum and career paths our alumni have followed, while offering attendees information on Parsons degree programs.
Following the panel will be an alumni reception hosted by New School Alumni Relations. Alumni attending Comic-con (or located in Southern California) and industry friends are invited to join Parsons faculty and representatives from Alumni Relations and Career Services for refreshments and conversation. Details to follow!
Eddie del Rosario does the New York Times Magazine!
Just in case you didn’t catch it, Adjunct Faculty Edward del Rosario did the cover for the New York Times Magazine last week, along with several other accompanying images. Here are two of the illustrations and you can check out the rest here. Way to go, Eddie!
Tim Okamura’s “Women in White/Bushwick Walls”
If you’re in the Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) area, make sure you drop by Adjunct Faculty member Tim Okamura’s show of work:
TIM OKAMURA
“WOMEN IN WHITE / BUSHWICK WALLS”
Up through Saturday, July 19th, 2008
The Women in White/Bushwick Walls series was inspired by a desire to investigate the symbolism of the color of white in several different contexts, while at the same time creating a connection to the “urban collage” that has manifested itself on the walls of the buildings in my neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn.
While focusing on the walls that were at one time white, “blank canvases”, I observed a fasinating build-up of signage, new and torn posters, random felt marker “tags”, stenciled street art, and more refined graffiti pieces that together formed a complex motif of cultural iconography. Tempered by peeling paint, rust stains, and decay, this motif served as the basis for my approach to creating “backgrounds” that interact with the subjects of the paintings in a very direct way, the fragments of political and pop culture references interwoven with warning signs, and spray-painted stencils. Graffiti-lettered words contain moral precepts which effuse hopefulness or cynicism – sometimes both – while in some cases bringing attention to the psycological relationships between the women themselves.
All of the women in these paintings are clad in white, or mostly white, with the intention of examining popular connotations of this color such as purity, innocence, virginity, and virtue – qualities often traditionally ascribe to women as being positive attributes – as well as the lesser known meanings such as while as s symbol of mourning (particularily in Asian cultures). This in turn led to a scrutiny of many “white” phrases including “white wash”, “white wedding”, and “white lie”, many of which ending up becoming words on “signs” that were collaged onto canvas and eventually covered with layers of paint.
As the significance of “Women in White” changed in context with each subject and contemplation continued of the implications of attributing specific meaning to color, I considered on important argument of basic color theory: white itself in techinically not a color, but a reflection of all colors.
Douglas Udell Gallery
10332 – 124 STREET
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T5N 1R2
780.488.4445
Congrats, Tim!