Aims and objectives

The module aims to:

• inculcate an awareness of criteria determining a coherent body of exhibitable work
• facilitate students in the professional preparation and installation of the exhibitable works
• develop a personal, individual, and imaginative response to subject matter
• facilitate students in the acquisition and refinement of appropriate technical dexterity and stylistic concerns
• help students produce a body of work that demonstrates conceptual and technical coherence, and the ability to sustain a commitment to subject over a period.
• encourage students to possess a developed awareness of past and contemporary art relevant to their work
• stimulate a productive response to work
• challenge the student to go beyond the bounds of the module/course’s expectations
• encourage students to acquire knowledge of issues, theory, and ideas pertaining to their work
• enable the students to articulate verbally the criteria by which the body of work is made and should be judged
• develop the students analytical and diagnostic prowess
• challenge students to take risks and risk failure
• enable students to define a field of action

Objectives:

By the end of the module you are expected to possess:

• a coherent body of exhibitable work
• a comprehension of the criteria by which that work has been selected
• a professionally prepared and hung small-exhibition
• a substantial and coherent body of work that reflects the personal, imaginative, and individual vision or intent of the student
• technical dexterity and style appropriate to intent
• a practice informed by the theory, ideas, and the exemplars of past and present art, as appropriate
• a daring and intellectually and intellectually challenging body of work
• a thorough and communicable understanding of their work