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Anthony Fisher

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Anthony Fisher

Associate Professor

Art

Contact

508-910-6865

508-910-6593

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College of Visual & Performing Arts 204E

Education

1986Yale School of ArtMFA
1982Carnegie-Mellon UniversityBFA

Teaching

Programs

Courses

The completion of the written thesis, a verbal explanation of the visual thesis which includes research of sources and a discussion of pertinent aesthetic issues, materials, and processes. Graded A-F.

Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.

Introduction to figure drawing. Exploration of the human figure, its gesture, rhythm, form, and structure. This course introduces essential perceptual, technical and design skills that create the framework of learning to draw from a live model. Students learn various modes of observation, representation and expression.

Introduction to figure drawing. Exploration of the human figure, its gesture, rhythm, form, and structure. This course introduces essential perceptual, technical and design skills that create the framework of learning to draw from a live model. Students learn various modes of observation, representation and expression.

Exploration of the human figure, its movement and form integrated within a spatial environment. Emphasis is placed on the development of visual literacy, critical analysis, and various modes of perception, representation, and expression. Selective visual decision-making concentrates on relationships of form and space.

Exploration of the human figure, its movement and form integrated within a spatial environment. Emphasis is placed on the development of visual literacy, critical analysis, and various modes of perception, representation, and expression. Selective visual decision-making concentrates on relationships of form and space.

Light, space, composition, and design in contemporary figuration. Emphasis is placed on the invention of space/depth in a drawing, the use of light to create the illusion of form and space, and the integration and anchoring of the figure and its surroundings in a well- designed composition. Students continue to develop visual literacy and critical analysis skills as well as explore various modes of perception, uses of light, compositional/design structures, and representation.

Advanced drawing exploration and correlation of previous drawing experiences that manifest in a 2d or 3d approach. Emphasis is placed on conceptual investigation, expression, and interpretation. Students develop their personal vision, creative process, and independent, cross-disciplinary studio practice within the context of art history and contemporary art.

Anthony Fisher is an interdisciplinary artist whose studio practice investigates the possibilities of traditional media through experimental processes and invented methods of making. Working primarily across painting, drawing, and video, Fisher develops unconventional tools and techniques that engage gravity, chemistry, physical resistance, chance, and repetition. These processes generate unexpected, layered, and hybrid forms in which subject and meaning emerge through the act of making.

Fisher’s practice places particular emphasis on the relationship between process and finished work. He frequently documents his studio experiments through video which reveals the physical actions, material interactions, and improvisational methods and tools that shape his paintings and drawings. Presented alongside the resulting works, these videos make the conditions of production visible and position the studio process as an integral part of the work itself.

Fisher received an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and has received critical attention in Art News, Art Critical, and Painting Perceptions. Recent exhibitions have incorporated video documentation alongside paintings and drawings, extending his investigation of material experimentation, performance, and image-making. His ongoing research explores how experimental approaches to materials, tools, and physical processes challenge the conventional distinctions between drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance. Through this work, Fisher considers the studio as a site of research—one in which material behavior, invention, and uncertainty become active forces in the development of an image.

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