Undergraduate - UnitAHT2105 - Contemporary International Art

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational Unit	Department of Fine Art
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Jan Bryant

Notes

This unit was formerly coded TAD2105

Synopsis

This subject will chart and critically analyse transformations in international art and curatorial practice since the end of the 1980s through a case-study model that is both chronological and thematic. Various modes of recent art practice will be explored: from postcolonial performance to the boom in Asian art, and from art as fashion to the development of the curator as a kind of artist and the exhibition as an art work. Students taking this course will also be introduced to the major discourses and writers in art theory since 1989, and the role of art within its broader social and cultural contexts.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

have developed a detailed understanding of contemporary international art and criticism
have developed a working knowledge of the key debates and theoretical dialogues that have occupied artists and critics since 1989
have developed skills in visual and critical analysis that can be applied to the investigation of contemporary international art
have acquired the ability to research and write from an informed position about contemporary art.

Assessment

Assignment 1,500 words (40%)
Research essay 2,500 words (60%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jan Bryant

Workload requirements

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours and 9 hours of independent study or equivalent

Prerequisites

12 credit points at first year level in Art history and theory, or Theory of Art and Design, Visual Culture or permission from Unit Coordinator.

Prohibitions

Must not have passed unit TAD3105