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MA - Master of Arts
Arts University Bournemouth
Full Time
Jan 2027
12 Month
Painting defines its practice through the particularities of the painted field. The making materiality of the unique object, a globally acknowledged cultural history and the dedicated and dynamic relationship of the painted object to the painter. Painting in the 21st century is vital and relevant. Contemporary painting and what it can be, do and declare is meaningful. We ask how, why and according to what means. The MA Painting course will explore this innovative and expansive territory in depth, dedicating itself to specialist study at postgraduate level. Within MA Painting, you'll occupy a professional, challenging, progressive and highly contemporary dialogue within visual culture, and you'll foster this through innovative teaching and a professional studio culture. You'll discover and take risks within an expansive and inclusive arena, we are committed to supporting your artistic and professional practice, enabling you to forge a sustainable and engaged career. Also, you'll develop and foster a painting practice that can transform and ignite the imagination and senses in a distinct and profound manner, whilst realising its potential in the 21st century. Painting defines its particular practice through the peculiarities of the painted field; the making materiality of the unique object; a globally acknowledged cultural history; the dedicated and dynamic relationship of the painted object to the painter. The MA Painting course will explore this innovative and expansive territory in depth, dedicating itself to specialist study at postgraduate level. We're committed to your personal growth and professional development and building a confidence in the wider aspects of managing a career as a painter in a global context.
This unit provides an opportunity to explore and articulate your painting practice, through focused research, professional engagement, active dialogue and studio practice. Here you will start to locate your painting practice through informed articulation of your methods, defining the rituals and habits of the creative act and situating of your work within appropriate contexts.
Here you will create a fully resolved and realised body of work. Very much a time of independent working against the creative tension of a deadline. A final exhibition will establish chosen methods of exhibiting a body of work; considering the narrative in a series of artworks, curatorial coherence and audience readings.
Assignments in The Painted Language are aimed at decoding three key areas of your making: the theories, debates and situating of practice; the technical considerations and processes involved in the expanded field of painting; the relationship to modes of making that is the personal dynamic. This will be instigated by a re-visiting of the fundamentals of the subject discipline; in practical; theoretical; historical; social and cultural terms. If your first degree was in a subject other than in the one you are registered, or if you are less familiar with working with critical language and debates, these introductory projects will give you the opportunity to develop skills and adjust to new ways of working.
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