| Writings
on Art - An Introduction |
Writing
on Art
generates ideas for practice. It can also generate new critical
ideas as it interrogates the visual through the verbal.
On the Fine Art course
we take writing seriously. Each student undertakes an extended piece
of written work during stage three (year three). The second of two
essays in stage two prepares for this by introducing the topic,
setting up a bibliography and establishing an initial approach.
There are three options for final written work:
• the Thesis (FIAR 360) which explores a single subject or
topic related to the author's art practice;
• the Special Project (FIAR 361) which explores a relationship
between writing and the author's own visual work;
• the Critical Commentary (FIAR 362) which investigates the
authors' own art practice through description, contextualisation
and critique.
The qualities of these writings are particular to the individual
authors: each of them facilitates an approach to reveal and interrogate
art. This is the essence of writing within Fine Art: it really is
a process of negotiating between the verbal and the visual.
At their best, these writings produce some original thinking about
how it is possible to write in the context of art. |
Writings on Art is a forum to represent
student work in the domain of the world wide web. The aim is to
activate examples of student critical writing in the broadest possible
context for the broadest possible audience.
For more on the background thinking on this project, particularly
in relation to hypertext, see 'Act
of Translation'.
Please feel free to explore these pages and contribute
to the dialogue.
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