Postgraduate Course: Studio (Sculpture) - Postgraduate (ARTX11005)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (n/a) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Art |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
This programme element will extend your ability to analyse and critically investigate your theories and methods of making your work. You will be ebcouraged to develop and exhibit sculpture that responds both to the contemporary world and to current art practice and criticism.
Aims of course
1 To promote wide exploration, risk-taking and experimentation in the conceptualisation, production and presentation of your sculpture.
2 To develop your ability to initiate, organise and participate in exhibitions and events.
3 To enhance your ability to elucidate and strenthen your ideas and make innovative sculpture that contributes to the development of contemporary art.
Mode of delivery
Studio-based, Tutorials, Group Crit, Visiting Artists, Exhibitions, Project Space, Presentation. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
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| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an advanced ability to engage with a specific allocated space and install a work for effective discussion with your peer group and invited others.
2. Show and advanced ability to independently organise and participate in solo and or group exhibitions/events and to prepare and distribute related promotional material.
3. Show evidence of an evolving body of advanced art practice through a display and presentation of your work in progress to your peer group and an invited audience. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| Refer to Postgraduate Handbook |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
KOCUR, ZOYA. and LEUNG, SIMON. Theory in Contemporary Art: From 1985 to the Present, Blackwell Publishing, 2004. KRAUSS, ROSALIND E. Passages in Modern Sculpture, London : Thames and Hudson, 1977. WILLIAMS, RICHARD J. After Modern Sculpture, Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000. HALPER, GLENN. A Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture Since 1980, University of Washington Press, 2006. HOWELL, ANTHONY The Analysis of Performance Art: A Guide to Its Theory and Practice, Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis, 1999. FOWLE, KATE To Be Continued>: Contemporary Art Practice in Public Places, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 2003. BISHOP, CLAIRE.Installation Art London : Tate, 2005. ROSENTHAL, MARK.Understanding Installation Art : From Duchamp to Holzer London : Prestel, 2003. DE OLIVEIRA, NICOLAS.Installation Art in the New Millennium: London : Thames & Hudson, 2003. REISS, Julie H. From Margin to Center: The Spaces of Installation Art. Cambridge [Mass] : MIT Press, 2000. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 20 hours
Directed study 150 hours
Self-directed study 430 hours
Total 600 hours |
| Keywords | EXHIBITIONS, CURRENT ART PRACTICE, PROMOTIONS |
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