Oil Painting pages in Japanese here + blog pages here


Observing society, a comprehensive approach to art


To develop deeper roots and achieve a wider ability of expression it may be necessary to look more closely at the society we are part of. Therefore Seika’s Oil Painting course emphasizes the importance of looking closely at other students’ work and joining in wide-ranging discussion.

By approaching art from a comprehensive point of view, students learn not only to paint but to have a perspective on greater dimensions of their world. This kind of thinking is promoted through the challenge of a rich and comprehensive curriculum providing exposure to all kinds of expression from oil painting to performance art.

Department profile (May 2009):

Fulltime faculty: 6
Part-time lecturers: 21

Professors:

IKOMA Yasumitsu
KASHIWARA Etsutomu
SAGAWA Koji
KOMATSU Toshihiro
MORIMOTO Isamu
SATO Takamichi
Profiles in Japanese here

Curriculum

1st year: Focus on expression and how it is structured. Since the basics of visual art are seeing and feeling, class work emphasizes specific details of drawing and painting.
Basic expression 1 & 3 (seeing/painting), basic expression 2 & 4 (knowing/thinking), basic design (box production), craft (framing)

2nd year: In addition to painting, various forms of expression including sculpture, performance, photography; study of expression by seeing and touching actual contemporary works
Basic painting 1 (thrill & enjoyment of communication), basic painting 2 (findings & artifice in composition), basic painting 3 (depth and width of seeing), basic painting 4 (promotion work). 3D expression 1 (???), body expression, printing techniques 1 (etching), printing techniques 1 (silk-screen), photographic expression 1 & 2 (basics to development)

3rd year: Experience various possibilities of expression, pursuing the theme of replacing touching with more visual orientation??? A year-long drawing project.
Painting 1 (ability to express and to appreciate), Painting 2 (development from a character in a painting), painting 3 & 4 (planning & recording), painting 5 (personally-selected assignment), painting 6 (promotion work), research on expression 1 & 2, painting techniques 3 & 4

4th year: Seminar groups explore various themes under instruction of professors, making full use of their expertise. Active commitment and communication leading towards graduation work.
Painting 7 (portfolio), painting 8 (work production), painting 9 (drawing), research on expression 3 & 4, graduation work production