1. Imaginatively use materials and practical processes appropriate to your own developing practice.

2. Discuss and debate ideas related to your work, reflecting on their consequence for your practice.

3. Relate your artistic concerns and ideas to wider social, cultural, or artistic contexts.

4. Establish an open, experimental, risk-taking approach to your artistic practice.

For this module, you will submit for assessment:

1. Evidence of artistic practice (Learning Outcomes 1, 4)
This will consist of a body of practical artwork, presented in your studio space, along with relevant supporting material. Supporting work might take the form of sketchbooks, notebooks, material tests, or other forms of practical experimentation, depending on your own artistic practice.

2. Practice in Context document (Learning Outcomes 2, 3)
This will consist of a digital file (for example, a Powerpoint or PDF) that combines images of your work with reflective writing about your work and connects these with other artists’ work and ideas. This should be between 15 and 20 slides, with a word count of no more than 1000 words.

This module will introduce a speculative and experimental approach to working with materials that will help you establish your own studio practice. You will engage in individual and group projects, making use of your studio space and workshop facilities. You will be introduced to some of the skills fundamental to fine art practice including material experimentation, visual analysis, and visual research. The module will allow you to initiate and establish an individual artistic practice and to make a personal response to research interests announced through tutorials and crit groups. You will be introduced to the basic resourcing, investigative and documentation skills particular to fine art.

This module will introduce a speculative and experimental approach to working with materials that will help you establish your own studio practice. You will engage in individual and group projects, making use of your studio space and workshop facilities. You will be introduced to some of the skills fundamental to fine art practice including material experimentation, visual analysis, and visual research. The module will allow you to initiate and establish an individual artistic practice and to make a personal response to research interests announced through tutorials and crit groups. You will be introduced to the basic resourcing, investigative and documentation skills particular to fine art.

Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Group critiques
External Visits
Practical classes and workshops
Online resources
Group working

Aristiza´bal, I., Nasar, H., Aberdeen Art Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Castlefield Gallery, & Manchester Art Gallery (eds.) (2021).¿British Art Show 9. London: Hayward Gallery Publishing.

Colin, A., L. Yee, L., & Leeds Art Gallery (eds.) (2015).¿British Art Show 8. London, UK: Hayward Gallery Publishing.

Le Feuvre, L. (2010) British Art Show 7: in the days of the comet¿: published on the occasion of the Hayward Gallery touring exhibition at Nottingham 23 October 2010 - 9 January 2011, London, 16 February - 17 April 2011, Glasgow, 28 May - 21 August 2011, Plymouth, 17 September - 4 December 2011 . Edited by T. Morton. London: Hayward Gallery Publishing.

VITAMIN 3-D: new perspectives in sculpture and installation.¿(2009). London: Phaidon Press Ltd.

Morrill, R. & T. Melick, T., (eds.) (2016).¿Vitamin P3: new perspectives in painting. London New York: Phaidon.

Muhammad, Z. & de la Puente, G., (2022) What If People Don’t Like My Art? How Can I Deal With Criticism? Available at: https://elephant.art/what-if-people-dont-like-my-art-how-can-i-deal-with-criticism-14092022/.

Elderton, L. & R. Morrill, R., (eds.) (2022).¿Vitamin D3: today’s best in contemporary drawing. London: Phaidon Press Limited.

Further online resources are available via the Library.

Studio Space
Workshops
Library
Student word-processing facilities
Computer suites
AV Equipment
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module.