UnitLevel 2Undergraduate

PTG2032 Painting: Installation and the expanded field

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

PTG2032 Painting: Installation and the expanded field is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Not offered

The 2027 handbook has no page for PTG2032. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before PTG2032

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After PTG2032

No unit lists PTG2032 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: OHS1000 and (DWG1201 or DWG1301 or DWG1103), or permission from the Chief Examiner.

Overview

This unit investigates the technical and conceptual processes of installation art deriving from the expanded field of painting and post minimalist practice. Particular attention will be paid to debates about the pictorial and the actual, site and non site and theories of the viewing subject. The unit provides you with an in-depth engagement with a variety of installation practices as well as the theories informing their history. You will achieve a level of technical and conceptual sophistication as well as a consideration of your works in the context of contemporary visual art.

Offerings in 2020

The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for PTG2032.

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Apply a conceptual and technical foundation for successful study in a contemporary visual art studio;

  2. 2

    Extend your conceptual and practical skills in the production of installations as a means of creative expression;

  3. 3

    Apply these creative skills and strategies as a form of expression appropriate to the concepts you are investigating;

  4. 4

    Critically reflect on the place of installation practice in the field of contemporary art, nationally and internationally;

  5. 5

    Understand the theoretical and historical rationale and context of your work;

  6. 6

    Produce works that demonstrate a critical and creative attitude to contemporary visual culture;

  7. 7

    Understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

Workload and teaching

12 hours per week including 4 contact hours plus 8 hours of independent study.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Mr Leslie Eastman
Chief Examiners
Mr Leslie Eastman

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for PTG2032?

PTG2032 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is PTG2032 offered?

PTG2032 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
2
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Fine Art
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020