Critical practices A (6 points)
(A&D)
Leader: To be determined
Offered:
Caulfield Second semester 2004 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: On successful completion of this unit, students will: 1.have a critical perspective of the selection of the voice, the motives and the bias of art reviews and reviewers; 2.be able to develop critical responses to reviews which uncover faults of logic and ideological prejudices and engage the imagination; 3.appreciate criticism as a genre of writing, with the unique cultural and practical contingencies acting upon it, and understand the variety of art writing which it comprises; 4.consider cultural paradigms-such as 'benign collusion' or 'police mentality'-which might best characterize criticism in its relation with the art that it praises or damns; 5.consider the parallels between movements in criticism and those in fine art and the other arts and develop intuitions about the likely future directions of the genre.
Assessment: Tutorial paper: 30% + Gallery report: 30% + Essay: 40%
Contact Hours: 3 hour seminar and 9 independent study hours per week
Prerequisites: A second year sequence in TAD units for faculty course students or permission for all other students.
Prohibitions: TAD3612
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