Level:
Undergraduate
Instructors:
The final installation by Phillip Kelleher. (Image courtesy of MIT OCW.)
Course Features
Course Highlights
This class introduces undergraduates to concepts in sculpture and its history, and includes both a midterm and final review. Exemplary work from those reviews can be seen in the
projects section.
Course Description
This class introduces fundamental issues in sculpture such as site, context, process, psychology and aesthetics of the object, and the object's relation to the body. During the semester Introduction to Sculpture will explore issues of interpretation and audience interaction. As a significant component to this class introductions to a variety of materials and techniques both traditional (wood, metal, plaster) as well as non-traditional (fabric, latex, found objects, rubber, etc.) will be emphasized.