Art
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Goldsmiths’ Department of Art has an international reputation for creativity and innovation which attracts students from a diversity of nationalities and backgrounds. Our particular expertise is helping artists, writers and curators reflect on the demands of individual practice in relation to the wider visual culture; and to scrutinise the discourses which define the nature of contemporary visual culture and the importance of particular visual images and seminal representations to that culture.
Our facilities enable students to work in metal, casting, wood, fine art printmaking, digital media, photography, video, stitch and fabric, constructed textiles and print and dye; you will also be able to make use of Goldsmiths resources including Media Services and the Library.
See also Visual Cultures.
Practice-based courses
If you are applying to study on any of the practice-based courses in Art, you must include with your application appropriate documentation showing your current art work and study. Please include documentation of 12 examples of your work as slides, photographs or videos (PAL format); we can also accept DVDs and CDs in Mac format, with each file no larger than 800k. Mark your work clearly with your full name, full postal address, a contact telephone number, and an indication of the size and media of each piece. We also recommend you to include notes to clarify the content of your work, as well as any other information you think might be relevant. Please ensure that you pack everything securely, as the College cannot accept responsibility for the loss or damage of work submitted with your application. Do not send originals. Please see 'Returning Your Work'.
Please note: it is likely that you will have to pay for some materials during the course.
Fine Art
(16 credits, Autumn; 16 credits, Spring; 32 credits, Autumn and Spring; 36 credits, Full year;) Spring and Summer Credits - 20
Fine Art is only available as a full course-load subject, so you may not study it alongside courses in other subjects.
Prerequisites: if studying Studio Practice, you must take Critical Studies. You will usually have undertaken at least one year of studio-based art practice at university level, as either a major or minor component of your degree. If you have maintained an independent fine art practice outside your degree, you are welcome to apply.
All the staff on the course are practising artists, curators and writers here to respond to the work that you make and to help you to understand how it contributes to and challenges, the critical debates that exist in the study area and beyond. You will be taught through individual tutorials in your studio, group tutorials, and studio practice presentations.
The Studio Practice element of the course enables you to develop your own art work through exploring selected media and approaches, including: drawing, painting, film, installation, performance, photography, printed and constructed textiles, printmaking, sculpture, and video.
Studio teaching is enhanced by technical support, which introduces you to techniques relevant to the practical development of your work. All students are fully integrated with the full degree students on the BA in Fine Art.
Critical Studies
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The parallel Critical Studies element of the course is designed to support your practical work in the studios. The lectures and seminars introduce and develop key issues which inform diverse art practices and encourage you to extend your critical faculties and develop your ability to discuss, write about, analyse and judge contemporary art. This element utilises the huge range of opportunities London offers for direct engagement with art in museums and galleries. It is delivered through a combination of tutor-led visits to relevant museums, galleries and temporary exhibitions – reflecting developments in contemporary art practice as they occur – together with lectures and seminars offering you a space for exploring and examining the historical and critical context in which art is made, seen and understood.
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