Sculpture

Course Structure

Year 1

You will develop research skills and explore the historical and 21st Century precedents of contemporary sculpture. You will acquire basic making skills and an understanding of different processes, experiment with a range of materials and begin to reflect on the relationship between intention and resolution in a work of art.

A series of key ideas lectures will introduce you to several important debates and theories that underpin contemporary art. You will be introduced to a range of strategies to help you develop a research methodology and reflective approach to your studies.

Year 2

You will continue to acquire and refine your making skills, experimenting with a range of materials and processes. You will begin to demonstrate and articulate an understanding of your critical position in relation to contemporary issues. The second year also requires you to set out a clear set of research questions, methodologies for your practice and proposed outcomes supported by a research portfolio.

Electives - This programme is undertaken by all 2nd year BA students and offers a menu of complementary studies that allows you to broaden your enquiry both in practical terms and in relation to critical and professional contexts. There is the opportunity to strengthen your practice, deepen a particular seam of critical enquiry and expand technical skills in specific media or processes. For example: sound, animation, philosophy, curating, performance.

Year 3

You will be planning, developing and realising your individual, self-initiated programme of study. Through a choice of dissertation, work placement or live project you will explore in depth the context within which you choose to locate your practice. You will develop your ideas using an appropriate research-based methodology and work towards a completed body of work, which will prepare you for ongoing study and professional practice.