Jim Dine Teacher Notes Power Point
Jim Dine Teacher Notes Power Point
Jim Dine Teacher Notes Power Point
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Teacher notes
His mother died when he was 12 years old. When Dine was 14, he
and his brother went to live with his grandparents. He always knew
he wanted to be an artist; and when he was 16, he drove to the Art
Academy of Cincinnati where he took adult education classes in
painting.
Stiff Hat
Self Portrait, Max Beckman
So he went down in his grandfathers
basement where he had wood
working tools. Dine took an old top of
a table and using a chisel he began
to carve. He carved a picture of an
old rabbi, a Jewish minister, that
turned out to look like his
grandfather. It was about 12 x 16.
He put ink on the the carved wood
and placed paper over that, rubbed it
by hand and made his first print!
University of Cincinnati
University
Ohio
His reputation in the art world began to grow in 1959 when he met Claes Oldenburg
and Allan Kaprow. They opened a gallery in the Judson Memorial Church (Judson
Gallery) in Greenwich Village and staged a series of theatrical events they called
Happenings.
Many group Dine in with other Pop Artist. But Jim Dines work was more personal.
His art came from deep inside him. His works pertains more to his lifelong search
for self and for insights into what it means to be human.
Lithograph
Woodcut
Draw or Paint
This heart was created in Mr. Dines studio in the foothills of the Blue
Mountains just outside Walla Walla. It is called the Technicolor Heart.
Do you notice how big it is? Can you see tools on the outside of the heart?
Bath robes
Pinocchio,
2008
Screen print,
woodblock
Tools
Tools are very important to Dine
because they are part of his own selfportrait or who he is. When he was
growing up in Cincinnati he spent a
lot of time in his familys hardware
store, and has said that his earliest
memories are of being around hand
tools. Tools are an extension of
himself as he creates.
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Where do your
images come from?...
They dont come
from anywhere.
They come from
dreams and they
come from my
childhood.