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GVA3214

Printmaking 4

E Heng

12 points * 10 studio hours per week * First/Second semester * Gippsland * Prerequisites: GVA2213

Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to demonstrate that they have developed a level of technical competence that will enable them to work independently in the printmaking medium(s) of their choice; designed and developed an individually approved study program from which a personal approach to printmaking can be derived; developed a professional approach to printmaking and drawing in both attitude and practice; and maintained a curiosity towards the theories and practices of other artists both Australian and international.

Synopsis At this level of the course, students should have the technical competence to work in any printmaking medium of their choice and will be expected to design an individually approved program of study from which a personal approach to printmaking is derived. Drawing is considered an activity central to the study of all printmaking units and students will therefore attend weekly drawing classes conducted by printmaking staff.

Assessment Artistic and conceptual development: 40% * Technical achievement: 25% * Drawing: 25% * Contribution to critiques: 10%

Recommended texts

Bertram C One hundred years of drawing Pantheon, 1984

Castleman Modern prints since 1942 Riva Barrie and Jenkins, 1973

Gilmour P Lasting impressions: Lithography as art ANG, 1988

Lidemann Prints and drawings Gottfield Oxford and Phaidon, 1976

Ross J and Romano C The complete printmaker Free Press, 1973

Periodicals

Art and Text

Art Forum

Flash Art

Imprint

Tamarind Technical Papers


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