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TAD3112

Perspectives on postwar practices 3B

(A&D)

3 points + 2 hours lecture/seminar/tutorial and 4 independent study hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: 2 second-year level TAD subjects + Prohibitions: TAD2102, TAD2112, TAD3102

Synopsis: The shift of cultural power from Europe to America and the role of art and design in the formation of cultural identity. Abstract-expressionism, pop art, formalism, conceptual art, performance art, neo-expressionism, and the issues raised by varieties of postmodernism. Introduction to feminist analyses of art, the re-writing of art history and the history of visual culture and the influence of the theory of semiotics.

Assessment: Tutorial paper: 50% + Gallery report: 50%


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