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PTG2033

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational UnitDepartment of Fine Art
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)Mr Leslie Eastman, Dr Michael Vale

Synopsis

This unit investigates the technical and conceptual processes of representational painting. The unit provides students with an in-depth engagement with skills in a variety of representational painting processes as well as the theories informing narrative, figurative and perceptual processes and their representation which are being interrogated by contemporary practice. Students achieve a level of technical and practical competence in the production of their work. The unit addresses issues of representational painting in relation to other forms of representation such as photography, film and video in the context of contemporary art.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, student should be able to:

  1. apply a conceptual and technical foundation for successful study in a contemporary visual art studio
  2. extend their conceptual and practical skills in the production of representational painting as a means of critical and creative expression
  3. apply representational painting approaches and other creative skills and strategies as a form of expression appropriate to the concepts they are investigating
  4. critically reflect on the place of representational painting in the field of current practices, nationally and internationally
  5. understand the theoretical and historical rationale and context of these issues in their work
  6. produce works that demonstrate a critical and creative attitude to contemporary visual culture
  7. understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

Assessment

Assessment is 100% by folio at mid-semester and end of semester. The folio will be comprised of works produced during the duration of the unit, and may also include student's works made independently of the unit, and a journal which will document on-going progress and research over the semester.

Workload requirements

12 hours comprising 4 studio hours and 8 independent study hours per week

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Leslie Eastman

Prerequisites

OHS1000, DWG1201 or DWG1301 or DWG1103, or permission from Unit Coordinator