Painting: Materiality and Construction facilitates an exploration of painting processes, materials and supports, in order to broaden your understanding of the language of painting and its possibilities. The course will cover mark making, paint handling, collage, assemblage, found object, and new materialities that may be used in painting. You will investigate a variety of conventional and unconventional methodologies that make up the extensive branch of knowledge we understand to be painting. You will also consider the medium’s agency to convey meaning, its currency and potential to evolve. You will experiment with the substances and substrates of painting in relation to contemporary aesthetics.

The knowledge acquired in this studio course can be applied across a range of related BFA(Hons) and BMA(Hons) courses. This course complements the Year 2 Painting courses SART2401 Painting and Technology, SART2402 Painting and the Body and SART2403 Painting: Space, Time and Place and prepares students for more advanced studies in the Year 3 level.