Homage to: Grattage, Frottage, Fumage and Collage

Join this independent hands-on workshop that explores the Surrealist techniques of:

Grattage-Surrealist technique of grattage, which involved scraping off dry pieces of paint, resulting in random lines and shapes.

Frottage- (from French frotter, "to rub") is a Surreal and "automatic" method of creative production developed by Max Ernst. In frottage the artist takes a pencil or other drawing tool and makes a rubbing over a textured surface. The drawing can be left as is or used as the basis for further fantasy driven articulation.

Fumage-is a Surrealist technique attributed to Wolfgang Palen in which impressions are made by the smoke of a candle onto a piece of paper or canvas.

and Collage (from the French: coller, to glue) is a work of art, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may include printed material from magazine or newspaper, labels, ticket stubs and photos and may include found objects, portions of other artwork affixed and or glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century with the Surrealists many of whom visited and worked in the Seligmann studio

Our group will be working outside on the lawn of the Orange County Citizens Foundation near the studio of Kurt Seligmann so if it rains, we can all work in watercolor!

The date:

July 15th, 1:00 PM
Remember to bring your own supplies and lots of imagination!
Pot Luck Picnic- Bring something Surreal that you would like to eat and share

While this is an open free workshop an attendance registration is required please call Bonnie @ 845-469-9459 or contact Professor Slater-Tanner @ susan.slatertanner@sunyorange.edu for further details.