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October 2013: Color Perception and Composition

October 2013: Color Perception and Composition

coloraidInstructor Marcie Cooperman

Wednesday, October 16, 7–9 pm

The Art Garage

211 Glenridge Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042

Price: $10 SMI members, $15 non-members
Up to 30 people maximum

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Studio Montclair presents Marcie Cooperman for  this is a special, in-depth presentation on color perception and composition in two-dimensional works of art, illustrated by examples from
classic paintings as well as contemporary works, answering the question:
How do we perceive the colors in a particular work of art and why?

Color perception arises from hue, value, and intensity, and relationships with
the adjacent colors. But it also is dependent on our visual perception, which
comes from the way we experience the living world. Rudolf Arnheim stressed
the importance of unseen forces such as the center point and balance,
distance from the center point, gravity, visual weight and the effect of gravity,
using colors and lines with or against the laws of gravity… and continuity
through the composition.

Also, adding to the complexity and uniqueness of each work of art,
compositional elements affect our perception of color in a two-dimensional
piece: for example, borders, partial borders and barriers, empty space, and
outlines influence the colors and our perception in a painting in a major way.

We will discuss examples from paintings through the last two centuries of art
history, such as Delacroix’s The Barque of Dante (1822) and Liberty Leading
the People (1830); Van Gogh’s The Night Café (1888); Helen Frankenthaler’s
The Bay; Hans Hoffman’s Indian Summer; Joan Mitchell; Wolf Kahn; plus
contemporary paintings.

If you are interested in including a painting in our discussion, feel free to send
high res file (at least 1600 pixels on the long side) at:
Marcie.cooperman1@gmail.com

Marcie Cooperman teaches color theory and marketing at Parsons, and wrote Color:  How to Use It, published by Pearson; as well as color theory videos on www.universityoffashion.com.  Marcie also conducts workshops, corporate presentations and educational seminars on color theory; and color and composition.

Ms. Cooperman has a B.S. in Fashion Design from Drexel University and an M.B.A. in Marketing and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

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