Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
An Anthropological View
When looking at art from other cultures, do you consider it the same way you do art from your familiar culture? Do we still look at it in terms of aesthetic value? Social and historical context? Does...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Nature and Technology
A resource for students interested in the interface between art, nature and technology. How can apparently contradictory fields be brought together through art? In this interview with dutch artists Lonneke...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
The Weather Project
The Weather Project is the fourth in the series of art works commissioned by Unilever to fill the vast space of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern. It is essentially a vast optical illusion. As the visitor...
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Interaction of Color
Josef Albers (March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
The Physics of Color
The following background information is extracted from the Guardian and Observer Guide to Painting- guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2011 Colour lies at the intersection of mind and matter,...
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Volatile Substances
The unusual use of materials in contemporary art shares much with chemistry, physics, not to mention poetry and religion. Go to Mad Materials for more teaching ideas related to substances, their use and...
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Roger Hiorns chemistry
A relatively simple chemical process such as growing crystals can be used to create startling and effective art works, as demonstrated by British artist Roger Hiorns. This page could be of particular...
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Bio Art
I have had the opportunity to meet the extraordinary artist Joe Davis several times; his work illudes any conventional niche and his thinking may be well ahead of the times. He pursues fantastic ideas- like...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Art and Chemistry
Most art processes rely on some kind of chemical substance. Oil paints are mineral pigments ground with special oils, diluted with turpentine (an essential volatile oil). Printmaking techniques, darkroom...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Calligraphy
Worth a thousand words.... Language and the written word have many manifestations in western art and this would be a very interesting topic to explore, from graffiti to electronic billboards to performance....