Module Information

Module Identifier
AR30130
Module Title
Exhibition 1: Graduation Show
Academic Year
2025/2026
Co-ordinator
Dr Julian Ruddock
Semester
Semester 2
Reading List
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Other Staff
 

Course Delivery

 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Exhibition:  You must resubmit the failed component in the form of an unhung portfolio of additonal, new work Exhibition + portfolio of supplementary work  100%
Supplementary Assessment Resit Exhibition  You must resubmit the failed component in the form of an unhung digital portfolio of additional, new work.  100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Prepare and hang an exhibition with due attention to professional standards of installation;

Produce a body of work suitable for public exhibition demonstrating thematic, stylistic, and technical coherence and quality;

Produce a substantial body of work that reflects a challenging, personal, imaginative and individual vision or intent;

Demonstrate a practice informed by the theory, ideas and the exemplars of past and present art, as appropriate, and a thorough and communicable understanding of your work;

Articulate clearly the criteria by which the work has been selected for exhibition;

Produce a body of research that includes sketchbook, drawings, written and visual material that clearly demonstrates a line of enquiry that gives expression to personal concerns and ideas

Brief description

The module represents the pinnacle of your achievement over three years of study. Within the context of an exhibition, the module allows you to demonstrate the establishment of your self-directed creative practice. The module concludes the programme of self-originated projects developed in Semester 1 and consolidates its skill, subject, and conceptual bases. The work produced for exhibition should reflect a high degree of technical resolution, material soundness and fitness for purpose. Likewise, the subject matter and conception of the work should be not only appropriately reconciled with the technical and material aspect, but also provide evidence of a commitment to a field of study. You are required to produce a continuity of works designed to fit a given space and to form a public exhibition. In this respect, you are challenged to consider ways in which the works might communicate meaning and significance within the public domain. You are also asked to objectify and articulate the criteria by which the works have been selected for exhibition. Within the context of the tutorials, you are further encouraged to consider your own position in relation to contemporary culture and to the historical and contemporary art practice. This is with a view to cultivating a sense of the works' relevance to a sphere outside of your immediate and personal experience.

Accompanying the Graduate Show is a catalogue of student work. As part of this module you will be asked to provide an image and statement for your page of the catalogue. (The content can be adapted from the statement produced for Research and Process in Practice.) This entails determining an image and text for reproduction and fitting both within a prescribed format. You will also be required to produce captions and labels for the show to a professional standard (The format for all accessory components will be communicated to you during Semester 2).

Aims

The module should enable you to:

A. Have a developed awareness of criteria determining a coherent body of exhibitable work
B. Engage in the professional preparation and installation of the exhibitable work
C. Develop a personal, individual, and imaginative response to subject matter
D. Acquire and refine appropriate technical dexterity and conceptual concerns
E. Possess a developed awareness of past and contemporary art relevant to their work
F. Articulate verbally the criteria by which the body of work is made and should be judged.
G. Develop analytical and diagnostic ability in relation to your own work.
H. Take risks and risk failure

Content

In their various subject specific modules, and in consultation with their tutor, students should develop an area of interest (a specific enquiry) which can be developed into work for the exhibition. Through technical meetings all students should become familiar with the context of the exhibition in terms of size and space, the technique of hanging (and its implications for the construction and presentation of works), and lighting. Group critiques and one to one tutorials form the basis of the teaching and learning for this largely self-directed module.

Module Skills

Skills Type Skills details
Subject Specific Skills .

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6