Go Figure: Representing the Human Form in Painting 

with Richard Hull
$175 lab fee | July 26–August 8 | Exploratory

This class will explore ways of representing the figure in painting. Whether observed or imagined, all figurative painting requires invention. Maintaining the believability of that invention, no matter how “unreal” it might become, will be the focus of the class. We will look at a range of figurative representations, from the ancient to the present. After a series of drawing and painting assignments involving shape, scale, and distortion, we will move on to self-directed figurative paintings that will engage the whole language of painting.

SAIC students: This is a 3-credit course; use the course code PAINTING & DRAWING 647 001.

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Richard Hull (he/him) has paintings, drawings, and prints in the collections of many museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago. Hull has presented more than 40 solo exhibitions dating from 1979 to 2023, along with countless group exhibitions, at venues including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT. He is represented by Western Exhibitions, Chicago.