FNA1503

Printmaking 2B

6 points
* 12 hours per week, including 4 studio hours and 8 independent study hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield and Gippsland
* Prerequisites: None
* Corequisites: None
* Prohibited combinations: FNA1402

Objectives On successful completion of this subject, students should possess formal skills in printmaking, especially in the areas of composition; have basic skills in several printmaking techniques; appreciate the relationship between subject matter and its mode of representation; have the means to extend the range of visual source material relevant to their work; understand how printmaking may be related to various critical, conceptual and theoretical issues in contemporary art; understand and practice health and safety procedures in the studio.

Synopsis This subject examines a range of procedures and techniques through set projects. While conceptual, aesthetic and theoretical concerns are addressed, this subject primarily concentrates on improving students' skills in the techniques of printmaking begun in FNA1501. The subject extends an understanding of the found language of this art form. Teaching is by group and individual tuition. Health and safety procedures are taught and practiced in the printmaking studios.

Assessment By folio. Initial project or work-in-progress is assessed in the first part of the semester and contributes a weighting of no less than 20% to the final assessment.

Recommended texts

Adams G The Tamarino book of lithography Abrams, 1970
Castleman R A century of aritsts books Museum of Modern Art, 1994
Fine R Gemini GEL Abbeville Press, 1984
Fine R Graphics studio Abbeville Press, 1991
Gilmour P Ken Tyler, master printer Australian National Gallery, 1986
Griffith A Prints and printmaking British Museum Press, 1996
Grishin S Australian printmaking in 1990s Craftsman House, 1997
Hughes R Nothing if not critical Collins Harvill, 1990
Karpel M and Cohen The documents of twentieth-century art: Appollinaire on art Thames and Hudson, 1972
Mollison J Fred Willians etching Rudy Komon, 1964