Contemporary Art Practice

Overview & Aims

This minor provides a hands-on introduction to contemporary art. Students can explore painting, sculpture, printmaking, and new media while developing critical and conceptual understanding of fine art today.

Structure & Credits

40 ECTS – 25 mandatory and 15 optional. Combines studio-based practice with theory modules in art history and contemporary visual culture.

Module Listing 

• Drawing; Painting
• Sculpture
• Printmaking Media
• Fine Art: Theories of History
• Legacies of Modernism
• Digital Media in Art Practice
• Postmodern and Contemporary Practices
• Body Culture; Myth Today
• Art and Society
• Visual Culture of Natural Sciences
• Narrative in Visual Culture

Why Take This Minor

If you want to make and think about art, this minor gives you both creative studio experience and theoretical insight into the contemporary art world.