Objectives and competences
Students will be:
- acquainted with the basic concepts, different contents and with many artistic manifestos in order to understand the interactions and effects between fine art and social reality,
- acquainted with analytical methods in the study of artistic (including sociological, political and broader cultural) problems in order to be able to develop imagination and creativity in artistic projects,
- trained to use the transferred meanings,
- trained to use of new digital tools to assist in the processing and editing of visual materials,
- trained to apply independently for their own works of art for open calls and calls,
- able to independently provide content in connection with programs in pre-teaching work.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Contents of the Sculpture III syllabus informs the students:
- with various artistic movements and authors of (post) conceptual art and sculpture in the second half of the 20th century (dematerialization of the object, Joseph Kosuth, Alan Kaprow, Arte Povera, Minimalism, Feminist Conceptual Art, Eastern European Conceptual Art, New British Sculpture ... )
- the function of the metaphorical meaning in the sculptural material and form,
-with four creative practical assignments that are substantively and thematically related to the content of the syllabus,
- with the possibility of independently applying their own artistic projects to various national and international calls for proposals,
- with preparations and aplications own of project documentation.
- with current ICT and other digital technology that enables simulation, editing of visual material,
- with analyzing contemporary challenges and reflecting them in their own artistic practice,
- with conducting an annual final exhibition.
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures,
- project work,
- discussion,
- individual consultations and corrections,
- visiting exhibitions,
- creating, presenting and defending of own artistic proposals and works of Fine art.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
After successfully completing the obligations, the student should be able to:
- establish its own critical judgment of artistic reality;
- to interpret the various artistic practices which constitute its fundamental tool in the student critical judgment;
- create own artitistic conceptual (sculpture) work,
- prepare own material and the project of the fine art for various open calls and competitions;
- present the student own art projects for different business, gallery, museum and pedagogical environments.
- Establish the necessary ICT and other digital technology tools to perform the work of art.
Readings
- Tony Godfrey: Conceptual Art, London; New York: Phaidon, 2006
- Andrew Wilson: Conceptual Art in Britain 1964-1979, Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2016
- Peter Weibel: Sound Art / Sound as Medium of Art, Karlshruhe: ZKM / Center for Art and Media, Cambridge (MA); London: the MIT Press, cop. 2019
- Mladen Dolar: Das Unheimliche, Ljubljana: Društvo za teoretsko psihoanalizo, 1994
- Arthur C Danto: Filozofsko razvrednotenje umetnosti, Ljubljana: Študentska založba
- Revija M'ARS: Posebna številka – Živeti s genocidom, Letnik XI, 1999, št.1, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
- Internetna baza podatkov in arhivov / Interned data base and Archives
- Tuck Langland: From Clay to Bronze: A Studio Guide to Figurative Sculpture.
- Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999 (izbrana poglavja)
- Dragica Čadež Lapajne, Od glave do portreta. Debora, Ljubljana, 2000 (izbrana poglavja)
Dodatno literaturo bo nosilec predmeta določal sprotno v vsakoletnem učnem programu. / Additional literature will be chosen according to the requirements of each year's study programme.
Prerequisits
There are no specific prerequisites.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Minimum 80% attendance at tutorials and successfully completed exercises during the study process, which are in accordance with the corrections provided by the professor, are obligatory for the accession to the exam.
- Project work - ongoing assessment of individual creative practical assignments (50%)
- Self-evaluation and peer evaluation (10%)
- Oral exam (40%)
