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Leader: Leigh Astbury
Offered:
Not offered in 2005.
Synopsis: A study in major issues in Australian art from the 1880s to the present. After discussion of issues in the nineteenth century, the unit will concentrate on themes in twentieth-century art. Themes include the landscape as subject matter and changing attitudes towards nature; the search for an Australian identity and the emergence of particular Australian myths; the manifestations of pluralism and the appearance of feminist art in the 1970s; the practice of postmodern appropriation and the return to figuration in the 1980s; and the rise of contemporary Aboriginal art. The unit will conclude with a consideration of recent developments and issues of postmodernism in an Australian context.
Assessment: Essay (3000 words): 60% + Visual test (2 hours): 40%
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
Prerequisites: Two units at first-year level in Visual Culture or a comparable discipline
Prohibitions: VSA3230