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GVA3215

Printmaking 5

E Heng

12 points * 10 studio hours per week * First/Second semester * Gippsland * Prerequisites: GVA3214

Objectives On completion of this subject students will have continued working within an individually approved study program; demonstrated proficiency in visual investigation and problem solving; demonstrated the development of a personal visual language, that takes account of the traditions and current developments in the discipline; continued a professional approach to printmaking and maintained a curiosity towards the theories and practices of other artists with an attitude that is impartial.

Synopsis This subject is designed to complement GVA3214 (Printmaking 4) and students will continue to work within an individually approved program of study. As this is the final subject of printmaking practice, students should be able to demonstrate personal utilisation of established printmaking skills; a facility for investigation and problem solving related to printmaking; and the development of a personal visual language that is in accord with the anticipated level of professional achievement. Drawing is considered an activity central to the study of all printmaking subjects and students will 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

Gilmour P (ed.) Lasting impressions: Lithography as art ANG, 1988

Honnef K Contemporary art Taschen, 1988

Lidemann Prints and drawings Gottfield Oxford and Phaidon, 1976

Williams F Fred Williams' etchings Rudy Kernon Gallery, 1968

Periodicals

Art and Text

Art Forum

Flash Art

Imprint

Tamarind Technical Papers


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