FNA2603*

Sculpture studio 3

12 points - 24 hours per week, including 9 studio hours and 15 independent study hours per week - First semester - Caulfield - Prerequisites: FNA1601 and FNA1602 - Corequisites: None - Core for sculpture major

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should be reasonably familiar with and understand key conceptual issues relating to sculpture; be able to discuss critically the contemporary, theoretical, historical and aesthetic issues relating to sculpture; be experimental and innovative in their use of materials and concepts; be able to independently research and resource materials relevant to individual needs and interests; plan 'site specific' works and deal with the practical issues and theoretical underpinnings that such work raises; demonstrate continued safe workshop practices.

Synopsis This studio practice deals with sculpture of a permanent and non-permanent nature, with an emphasis on experimentation in ideas and materials. Formal and informal seminars discuss contemporary attitudes relating to sculpture and provide a forum to review and critique work produced. Students are encouraged to discuss and hone the concepts employed in their work developed from their first-year study.

Assessment Folio (including an initial project of not less than 20%): 100%

Recommended texts

Mills J 1990 Encyclopedia of sculpture techniques Batsford, 1967
Wantin D F Sculpture and enlightened space: Aesthetics and theory U Kentucky, 1981
Lucie-Smith E Sculpture since 1945 Phaidon, 1987
Oakes B Sculpting with the environment 1995

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