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VIS Visual Arts CoursesVIS120H1 Visual concepts introduces students to a wide range of topics situated in Modernism and Post-modernism that inform current art practice and critical discourse. The course investigates post-1970 art practice through the diverse societal, cultural and political influences of post-modernism. VIS130H1 A studio based course that employs intensive and diverse investigation of drawing
strategies that stress the formulation and communication of visual ideas.NOTE enrolment
instructions in Handbook for this course! VIS201H1 This is a hands-on course that deals with technical and theoretical issues of painting
in the late 20th Century. The act of painting and the relevance of painting are stressed
through both historical and current issues. This course is very project oriented. VIS202H1 This course is designed to introduce students to Video Art production and
post-production techniques. Students conceive, shoot and edit a video tape in a
hands-on-manner under the guidance of the instructor. The production of the Video Art
project occurs within the framework of seminars, exhibitions and current critical writing
on issues particular to Video Art. (A studio fee of $50 payable with tuition.) VIS203H1 Principles and practices of Relief Printmaking. Projects in single and multiple block
edition production. (A studio fee of $100 is payable with tuition.) VIS204H1 A studio introduction to the formal and expressive potentials of three dimensional
form. Three projects, centred around broad thematic parameters, focus on the concepts,
techniques and processes involved in the realization of sculptural form. Each of these
projects are further defined in terms of additive, subtractive and constructive methods.
(A studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS205H1 Studio-based projects explore drawing practice in the late 20th century. Materials and
approaches both bear witness to continuity and respond to changing contemporary cultural
issues. (A studio fee of $25 is payable with tuition.) VIS206H1 Popular culture in the Post-modern era is the central idea here. Artistic strategies in
cultural appropriation and other post-modern concerns are discussed and used in the
production of studio projects. Projects illustrate a particular situation and also index
components of popular culture in a consumer society. VIS207H1 This course asks the question: where does the “city” sit in your imagination?
Through individual projects, discussions and critiques we explore the idea of the city
both as a personal reality and as a metaphor. An initial written statement by each student
provides the framework for two subsequent projects. The goal of the course is for you to
locate and articulate your relationship to the idea of the city in expressive forms. (A
studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS208H1 Practical and aesthetic concerns in the evolution of Performance against the backdrop
of critical and historical perspectives. Students explore a range of Performance
possibilities, alone and collaboratively to develop both intellectual and physical skills
which will inform both their performance work and their view of art. Seminars focus on
critical aspects of Performance. VIS209H1 The emergence and incorporation of the feminist perspective in current art theory and
practice form the basis of lectures, seminars, projects and essays that focus on language,
photography and other mediums that signal the shift to a variety of strategies shaping art
in the post-modern era. VIS210H1 Theories and dialogue informing the practice of art in the 20th century are studied and
form the basis of studio projects. The goal is to encourage cross-discipline research to
inform your thinking about art and the making of art. VIS211H1 Works on Paper (formerly VIS 205H) 26L, 52P VIS212H1 Colour may be claimed as the property of all: for most everyone sees, uses, and knows
colour. Studying colour takes us into areas of humanities and sciences. This study,
through lectures, projects and readings aims to develop a student’s understanding and
use of colour. VIS213H1 At the heart of form is movements; metamorphosis, transformation, regeneration. While
central to our study is form as it manifests in visual art, the dialectic between matter
and form of object, nature and culture continually places this study in a broader
interdisciplinary context. VIS214H1 Image appropriation and the uses of that process in painting are central to this
course. Systems of signifiers and coding in painting are inherent to recognition through
the appropriation of imagery, technique and cultural context. VIS215H1 A seminar based course that confronts questions of accessibility to painting in
contemporary culture. Issues of alienation through gender, sexual orientation, and race
meet the legacy of painting. VIS216H1 The life and work of one of this century’s most influential, significant
sculptors, manipulator of paper, stone, light, space, water, movement and time is studied
and assessed as a bridge between east and west. VIS301H1 This is a project oriented course that somewhat critically examines contemporary visual
culture through painting. Lectures and discussions are featured in the course, but the
foundation of the course is in making paintings. VIS302H1 Emphasis on pre-production, production and post-production of a video project. Students
script, shoot and edit a tape through rough cut to fine cut. Class discussions focus on
all stages of the work-in-progress. Strategies for distribution, exhibition and funding
are examined. (A studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS303H1 An introduction through studio projects to the principle forms of intaglio printmaking,
including etching and collagraph. (A studio fee of $100 is payable with tuition.) VIS304H1 The body as the site of personal and social values. In consultation with the instructor
individual projects related to the body are approached from a variety of directions and
through a wide-range of sculptural means in a working studio environment. There is no
pre-defined aesthetic or political position in this course. The question we are asking is
this: what is the body at this time and how can you express your perception of it? (A
studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS305H1 Time and place in drawing and painting. This course provides a discourse with which to
continue the evolution of the students’ work in drawing and painting. VIS306H1 How does context affect the creation and perception of visual art? To what extent can
one engage and incorporate selected aspects of a chosen context within a work of art? How
are contextual fictions established? How do installations define the viewer? Does site
specific art necessitate a narrative structure? These are some of the questions considered
in this course. Students prepare an analysis of an existing installation work and realize
two on-campus installations. (A studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS307H1 Applying art to the borders of other disciplines or issues within the university
community, students develop projects with the objective of opening spaces for discourse:
art as a transgressive device. VIS308H1 Through studio projects complemented by readings and seminars, Art Intersections
examines the concepts that provided the impetus for artists to address Identity Politics. VIS309H1 Lectures, seminars and studio projects address issues of transformation, commodity,
ownership and the singularity of images through the intersection of photo-based and
processed iconography. VIS310H1 Studio projects complemented by seminars and readings examine plastic, social and
gender politics in contemporary painting. VIS311H1 Students propose and produce projects in media that are offered in Visual Studies. (A
studio fee of $50 in video and sculpture only is payable with tuition.) VIS312H1 An investigation of collage through the 20th century. The evolution of collage as a
means of expression will be explored in the form of studio projects and lectures. VIS313H1 Ideas about the body are challenged by developments in technology, culture and
politics. This course studies the metamorphosis of gender, age, and culture through
projects, lectures, and readings. VIS315H1 This course offers a critical exploration of our culture’s infatuation with the
machine as an extension of the body. The canoe and the motorcycle are examines as icons
that have captivated the imagination of designers, artists and curators. VIS316H1 The course examines censorship as the enforcement of moral or political norms. In their
time artists such as Picasso, Klee and Max Ernst were banned or banished as degenerate
outsiders. Works by urban graffitti artists, visionaries/dreamers are examined in various
contexts. VIS317H1 Timeless markers and propaganda and props provide material for the study of the
primordial human need to set memorials that attempt to defeat human transience. Successful
reclamation of such spaces are investigated, proposals for problems advanced. VIS401H1 Taken in conjunction with VIS402H Thesis Project,
students develop project(s) over the course of the academic year with studio, textual and
critical analysis forming the components of the project. Class discussions with faculty. VIS402H1 Students realize projects embarked upon in VIS 401H
Thesis Text and Critique. Class discussions with faculty. VIS403H1 A variety of projects developed in various media with a strong interdisciplinary focus. VIS404H1 Individual advanced projects, including texts, that are subject to group critiques. |
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