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Amy Sillman, XL12, 2020, acrylic and ink on paper, 1.5 x 1 m

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Amy Sillman a visual artist from New York and is an influential figure of 21st century painting. She is best known for her process based paintings in which she works intuitively between the figurative and abstract. She explores themes such as humour and character whilst dealing with the material itself, like colour, gesture and layering. Sillman’s works are noticeably loose and playful.

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Analysing artist work through practical workshop

Developing collaborative skills

Exploring approaches to drawing

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“Amy Sillman: To Abstract” | Art21 "Extended Play"

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Time 45mins

In small groups of 3, create an object with material provided as a quick response to Sillman’s work.

Think about shape, form, structure etc

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Drawing from props made last lesson

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Cardboard

Foil

Masking tape

Coloured paper

String

Paint

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How did it feel making work with someone else?

What is added or taken away from working individually when you work with someone else?

What did making it 3D make you notice in the image?

What do you think of Sillman’s paintings?

How could you use the objects made in the next session?

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Amy Sillman, Installation view: Landline, at Camden Arts Centre, 2088

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“ I think of them (paintings) as being a bit like little experimental movies or animations in the studio. I don’t know what I’m going to end up with. So, I love the idea of foregrounding process, and the ways of thinking that lie inside abstraction, to convey what’s at stake in it (the idea of not knowing).” Amy Sillman

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“ I think of them (paintings) as being a bit like little experimental movies or animations in the studio. I don’t know what I’m going to end up with. So, I love the idea of foregrounding process, and the ways of thinking that lie inside abstraction, to convey what’s at stake in it (the idea of not knowing).” Amy Sillman

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Amy Sillman, Split, 2020, acrylic and oil on linen, 182.9 x 153cm

“ The world’s ground was shifting, so I started concentrating on the fields behind the figures- patterns, plaids and confusing figure-to-grounds, a purposefully destabilised signal-to-noise ratio“