Tuesday, May 31, 2011

two pages of an unwritten book
by Rosaire Appel

Teaching with Abstract Comics

Good morning, students. 

Here are a couple examples I've found (thanks to Google Alerts) of Abstract Comics being used in classrooms:

#1: This was posted by Jonita Griffith, an art teacher in Astoria, New York, who had her class make abstract comics:

(Originally posted on: http://jonitagriffith.net/4.html)
#2: Some pieces from the book, along with questions about those pieces, are being used for an Art Appreciation class taught by Ruth Meredith at Lewis University, Chicago: Link to the pdf: http://artappreciationkafb.wikispaces.com/file/view/Abstract+Comics+Examples.pdf
P.S. If you are a teacher who is working with abstract comics in your class, please feel free to contact me at: contact(at)getsivizion(dot)com and let me know if you want your example posted here.

Sails again


But on a light box. See the original comic here. I've actually posted the original here as well a while back.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Anger


ANGER ANGER anger ANGER ANGER ANGER ANGER ANGER ANGER anger ANGER anger ANGER ANGER ANGER anger anger ANGER anger
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Monday, May 23, 2011

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

blue print gold

 digital prints. Rosaire Appel. 2011.

Thursday, May 19, 2011



Finally.
My book is finished!

'Narrative in abstract drawing'

Here you can see a preview:
And you can order the 100 pages book.








Thursday, May 12, 2011

"Beautiful Designs" by Sam Spina

Sam Spina does the webcomic Spinadoodles. This was yesterday's installment:



Sam's comment: "Based on actual tissues."

Thanks to Matt Graupman for pointing this out to me!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Recent sketchbook pages

I've posted a good number of recent sketchbook pages over on Blotcomics. Click the pic:

Friday, May 6, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Gary Panter, cubist and (nearly) abstract

"Cubist Jimbo," 1980:



"Abstract Jimbo" and "Abstract Smoggo," 1982:



From Gary's current show at Galerie Martel, Paris.

Food

Abstract 28 Series 2, a permanent marker comic. Posted this this week on my website. A comic where I used a magazine page with multiple images on it.
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