Module: HAC5103-20 Fine Art Contemporary Issues and Practice

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: James Brown

Module Tutor Contact Details: j.brown5@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This module focuses on the role and agency of fine art within contemporary visual and material culture. It reflects on how the creative practice of fine arts engages with, responds to, and sometimes challenges, the norms, values and expectations at work in our society. The module aims for you to engage with key issues and their significance to both fine art practice and consumption. You will develop and enhance your critical, analytical, and research skills.

2.Outline syllabus:

This module considers contemporary debates and issues that pertain to fine arts practice and the creative industries more broadly. We will consider the ways in which contemporary art often engages with social and political concerns ranging from such issues as globalization and sustainability through to identity and gender. The institutional, economic and ethical frameworks in which contemporary arts practice is situated will also be considered.

3.Teaching and learning activities:

Teaching is by lectures, seminars and workshop sessions. Students are encouraged to develop independent and collaborative learning skills, and the confidence to contribute to debates and discussions through set preparation for seminars and formative tasks, the devising of appropriate essay subjects and the identification of associated research.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Portfolio of material

• % Weighting: 30%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Course Work

• Description: Essay - 3500 words

• % Weighting: 70%