2014-15 Spring
(HART 1021)
1 Credit | Can be used to fulfill Common Core Requirement (Core Elective: Arts Area)
Teaching Medium: English
Course Description
This introductory painting course covers the concepts, theories, problems and production of Contemporary Painting, as well as selected painting practices of the artists in the 20th and 21st century and the stories behind renowned paintings.
Students will learn to use painting skills such as paint application, color mixing as a medium of expression and communication. They will also use acrylic to create a self portrait and an abstract painting from landscape and paint on unconventional surface in an experimental way. Critical thinking skills are developed through artwork presentations, critique and an exhibition.
Remarks
Art Supplies
Students need to prepare their own art materials. Further details will be announced in class.
- Describe and appreciate the 20th – 21st century artists’ approaches to painting
- Describe and interpret the history, diverse concepts, theories, problems and production of contemporary painting
- Use painting as a medium of expression and communication, also create painting on unconventional surface in an experimental way
- Develop critical thinking skills through artwork presentations and critiques
Part 1: Traditional Painting Materials and Practice – Development of Visual Elements Observation Skills
Week 1: Contemporary painting and its materials
Week 2-3: Self-portrait Painting – Put ideas to painting
Week 4: Landscape painting I – Colors and brushstroke
Week 5: Landscape painting II – Mixed media
Week 6: Landscape III – Finishing a painting
Week 7: Mid-term Presentations and Critiques
Part 2: Painting with a Contemporary Approach
Week 8-11: Abstract Painting
Week 12: Exhibition Design
Week 13: Exhibition & Presentation
- Nancy G. Heller (2002), Why a Painting is like a Pizza: a Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- Charles Le Clair (1991), Color in Contemporary Painting, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.
- Peter Fischer, Iris Müller-Westermann (2002), In the Power of Painting : A Selection from the Daros Collection = eine auswahl aus der Daros Collection : Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly, Brice Marden, Ross (Ed.). Zürich : Alesco ; Berlin ; New York : Scalo, 2000.
- Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting ;Paperback 2002; Barry Schwabsky ;Publisher: Phaidon Press; First Edition edition (2002); ISBN-10: 0714844462; ISBN-13: 978-0714844466
Enrolment Details
Course Registration : 10-10 Oct 2024Add/Drop : 10-10 Oct 2024
Instructor
Doris WONG
Assessment
| Attendance (10%) & Course Participation (10%) | 20% |
| Assignment (with presentation) | 20% |
| Final Project | 40% |