Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2020-21

ART 2310 - Sculpture: Contemporary Objects and Traditions


Provides an introduction and exposure to issues of contemporary sculpture and trains students in the use of fabrication and reductive modes in a variety of materials to explore the use of space in sculpture.

Requisites: ART 1200 and 1210 and 1220 and 1230 and 1240
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: TAG Course: OAH047 Sculpture
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
  • Acquire increased awareness of the range and scope of activities, forms, and practices in the discipline of contemporary sculpture and the traditions from which these activities have emerged.
  • Demonstrate ability to elucidate relationships between techniques employed and effects on interpretation of works produced.
  • Develop an artistic intent visually articulated via historical references, material choices, and the shaping of space and material.
  • Develop and apply evaluative criteria tailored to specific project goals and belief structures.
  • Gain experience in the production of objects using carving, shaping, and other reductive techniques in both traditional and experimental materials.
  • Have experience in the production of objects using fabrication techniques in both traditional and experimental materials.


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