MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


VSA4074

Australian postmodernism

L Astbury

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

Synopsis The recurring issues of regionalism and internationalism will be addressed in architecture and painting/sculpture, as will interpretations of Australia as the site of international congruence and influence. The subject will move from discussion of the American context of The Field exhibition of 1968 to the `pluralisms'of the 1970s: minimal art, performance art and feminism, and, in architecture, to a renewed monumentality and contextualism. The focus on the 1980s and 1990s will address some of the following: neo-expressionism in painting, sculpture and architecture, rationalism and neo-classical approaches in architecture, aboriginality, publication and publicity, theoretical issues and the current status of Australian art, including recent developments in abstraction, installation, queer art and `angry women'.

Assessment First seminar paper (2000 words): 25% + Second seminar paper (2000 words): 35% + Essay (3500 words): 40%


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