Critical Issues in Contemporary Art B

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Total time commitment: 60 Hours

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This subject provides students with a critical survey of the art of approximately the past twenty years, addressing cultural and technological developments that have been significant throughout this period and examining manifestations of new art in prominent exhibitions and critical publications. The course offers an understanding of the complex nature of contemporary art across the scope of both new and traditional media, and across the range of innovative and retroactive or revisionary artistic practices.

Building on the skills acquired in the previous semester students should be able to communicate in a lucid and persuasive manner, both verbally in class presentations and in writing, their analysis, interpretation and evaluation of contemporary works of art.

• Tutorial presentation with 1000 word written submission due one week after the presentation (40%).

• 1500 word essay due during the assessment period (60%).

• Hurdle Requirement: 80% attendance at both lectures and tutorials is required to pass this subject.

Subject Reader

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

At the completion of the subject students will be able to:
• demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
• demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving, report writing, and oral and written communication;
• demonstrate a flexible and innovative approach to the national and international challenges for the professional visual artist in the 21st century;
• work at various levels, both as an individual and as a team member, in a wide variety of visual artistic environments;
• demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas;
• understand their relationship with and responsibility to their cultural environment and society.