Composition – the organization of shapes and rhythms on a flat surface – is one of the great tools we have in painting. Much touted ‘rules’ of composition seem so problematic, as they are always riddled with innumerable exceptions. More profitable, perhaps, are ‘strategies’ for thinking about composition.
In this talk, artist and League instructor Ephraim Rubenstein discusses composition as part of our Lunchtime Lecture Series here at the Art Students League of New York.