We will begin our semester with a Contemporary Painting unit where we will study Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, 20th Century African American Art, Photorealism, Neo-Expressionism, and the Contemporary revival of classical painting through the images listed below. We will also learn how the principles of design work within an artwork to create a balanced and complete composition. These concepts and understandings of composition will be reinforced when we begin our second unit of Photography.

Jackson Pollock, Full Fathom Five, Willem de Kooning, Woman and Bicycle, Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow,  Helen Frankenthaler, The Bay, Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Can and Marilyn, Roy Lichtenstein, Hopeless and Whaam!, Jacob Lawrence, Builder and Migration Series, Chuck Close, Big Self Portrait, Richard Estes, Diner, Anselm Kiefer, War and Myths, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Riding with Death, Jacob Collins, Michael and Banjo, Michael John Angel, Capriccio, and Daniel Graves, Self Portrait.