Daniela Rivera
Luella LaMer Slaner Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Art
Visual artist doing work that attempts to understand the object quality of images.
My paintings are usually site specific and react to the spaces of exhibition. I recreate utilitarian uses of painting, which alter representational and perceptual planes, to make the painting perform as the space and ask the body to assume the role of the figure of the painting.
I am interested in working at the intersection of disciplines and opposing schools of thought. I believe my work tangos with the process of baroque painting techniques and the presentational strategies and formal undertones of minimalist art and some of the conceptual elements of Arte Povera, a fundamental contradiction but a world of possibilities for staging.
Visual analysis is the driving force of my teaching. I love teaching Drawing I and share with students the experience of making visible relationships that previously were invisible and not considered. I am committed to teaching form and content as a unit were meaning is always assuming a physical form.
Personally, I enjoy spending time with my son Melchor and my daughter Mila. I love to travel, and I especially love going to the coast and swimming in the very cold waters of the Chilean ocean.
Education
- B.F.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile *
- M.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston
Current and upcoming courses
Advanced Independent Senior Projects
ARTS317H
Part I of a year-long seminar supporting advanced studio students, divided into one half-credit course offered during the Fall semester and one half-credit in the Spring. This methodology-based course functions as an overlay to advanced studio projects underway in the context of 300 level studio classes and thesis projects. Students enrolled in the course will have access to independent workspace for the year and benefit from sustained dialogue and studio critiques with a range of faculty and visiting artists, including those hosted through the Frank Williams Visiting Artist Lecture Series. This course is mandatory for all Studio Art majors and strongly recommended for Studio Art minors and related visual arts majors.
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Painting I
ARTS218
An intermediate studio course centered on the fundamental issues of painting, emphasizing color, composition, and paint manipulation through direct observation and response. Studio assignments, presentations, discussions and critiques help students gain technical skills, visual sophistication, and critical awareness of the medium. Students paint from a variety of subjects, including the self-portrait, nude model, and still life.