VAM4070

Australian postmodernism

(ART)

Leigh Astbury

12 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: The subject will move from the American context of The Field exhibition of 1968 to the 'pluralisms' of the 1970s: minimalism, performance art and feminism. The focus on the 1980s and 1990s will address some of the following: appropriation, nomadology, neo-expressionism, recent developments in abstraction, installation, gay art, angry women, theoretical issues and current architecture.

Assessment: Seminar paper (2500 words): 25% + Seminar paper (3000 words): 35% + Research essay (3500 words): 40%