Kevin Zucker

Professor

Kevin Zucker (b.1976) is a New York–based artist who has had solo shows at Greenberg Van Doren, Mary Boone Gallery and LFL Gallery in New York; Jablonka Luehn in Cologne; Paolo Curti + Co. in Milan and Arario Gallery in Beijing. He has been featured in group exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Moore Space, among others.

Zucker has published his writing, curated shows for Guild + Greyshkul and Mary Boone Gallery and taught extensively. His work has been written about in numerous publications, including Artforum, Flash Art, Art in America, Modern Painters, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Village Voice and The Brooklyn Rail and is represented in public and private collections worldwide, including Collezione Maramotti, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, The Progressive Corporation Collection and The Whitney Museum of American Art.

Academic areas of interest

Zucker is interested in morgues, completists, the last shot in Raiders, TAT and MMPI, LeBrun’s conference sur l’expression générale et particulière, dummy text, graphics standards and the origins of 3D (the Stanford Bunny, Utah Teapot, and Lena), market circuit breakers, Enfield MA, Art Bell, “kill screens,” JLB’s “An English Version of the Oldest Songs in the World,” SCIFs, practical effects, melodrama, Baroque theater sets, SketchUp sculpture, artifice, wishbones, error messages, the appearance of meaning, scambaiters, Transnistria, Robert Burton, Big Rigs 2: Over the Road Racing, storage, display, loss, regret, etc.

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

PAINT 4507-02 - PAINTING WORKSHOP
Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PAINT 4507-02

PAINTING WORKSHOP

Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Kevin Zucker Location(s): College Building, Room 610 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This is an intensive program designed to test the student's ability to design, organize, and complete a project of his or her choosing.

Open to Senior Painting Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Painting

PAINT 4507-03 - PAINTING WORKSHOP
Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PAINT 4507-03

PAINTING WORKSHOP

Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: W | 11:20 AM - 4:20 PM Instructor(s): Kevin Zucker Location(s): College Building, Room 610 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This is an intensive program designed to test the student's ability to design, organize, and complete a project of his or her choosing.

Open to Senior Painting Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Painting

PAINT 4519-03 - DRAWING I
Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PAINT 4519-03

DRAWING I

Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Instructor(s): Kevin Zucker Location(s): College Building, Room 612 Enrolled / Capacity: 16 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

An introductory level course for Painting majors. Students will develop drawing skills and insights and consider basic visual language issues. Syllabus is coordinated with Painting I.

Open to Sophomore Painting Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Painting

Spring 2024 Courses

PAINT 451G-01 - GRADUATE PAINT STUDIO CRITIQUE II
Level Graduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PAINT 451G-01

GRADUATE PAINT STUDIO CRITIQUE II

Level Graduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Instructor(s): Kelley-Ann Lindo, Kevin Zucker Location(s): Fletcher Building, Room 203 Enrolled / Capacity: 10 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This period is designed for the student to evaluate and analyze and pursue the directions he/she established in Grad Paint Studio Critique I. Group and individual critiques will occur by resident faculty and visiting artists and critics during the semester.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department

Major Requirement | MFA Painting

PAINT 4515-01 - PAINTING IV
Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PAINT 4515-01

PAINTING IV

Level Undergraduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: T | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM; M | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Kevin Zucker Location(s): What Cheer Studios, Room 201 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This will be a continuation of directions established in Painting III. Student work will be evaluated through group and individual critiques. Visiting Artist lectures will be important to the issues of contemporary art emphasized at this level. The department will schedule an individual review with a Faculty Committee for each student during this course.

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Junior Painting Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Painting

PAINT 461G-01 - GRADUATE PAINTING STUDIO THESIS
Level Graduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Spring 2024
Credits 12
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

PAINT 461G-01

GRADUATE PAINTING STUDIO THESIS

Level Graduate
Unit Painting
Subject Painting
Period Spring 2024
Credits 12
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Kevin Zucker, Sa'dia Rehman, Yasi Alipour Location(s): Fletcher Building, Room 203 Enrolled / Capacity: 10 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This period is designed for development and presentation of a body of work supported by a written thesis in consultation with resident faculty, visiting artists and critics during the semester. A final exhibition of work will be evaluated by a jury of Painting Faculty Members.

Open to Graduate Painting Students.

Major Requirement | MFA Painting