Overview
The Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR) is passionate about exchange, partnership and dialogue within the Arts community and prides itself on its strong external links with international arts research communities and professionals and regional and nationwide visual arts sectors across the UK. CFAR are dynamic and committed to working within the community to enhance the cultural life of the nation. The Centre is particularly interested in addressing problems and questions concerned with art and aesthetics and how they relate to politics, philosophy, the social, the sacred, history, new technologies and art and culture in the public sphere. Research is prolifically undertaken in these areas to shape and improve the development of learning, teaching and curriculum within the faculty.
Research is structured around four main research groups, reflecting the predominant research concerns and interests of the Centre.
- art in the public sphere
- art and design historians
- meaning and form through process
- performance and performativity
There are a number of research platforms and resources to produce, commission and disseminate research, which include: -
- art and design archives
- the Article Press
- the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts
- International Project Space
- STATE/Eastside (a gallery/performance venue)
International Project Space is a valuable resource for both students and staff, providing a centre for production, exhibition and dissemination of contemporary art in the West Midlands.
For more information on work within CFAR and current projects, please contact: CFAR-research@bcu.ac.uk