Critical Issues in Contemporary Art A

This subject is not offered in 2013.

10 Hours per week

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This subject provides students with an introduction to critical argumentation in the visual artsby adressing significant issues and topics in the feld of contemporary art. In particular, the course examines the relation between the critical concepts of vanguard modernism and postmodernist "trans-avantgarde" and "retro " cultural phenomena. The course also inestigates the relation between postmodernism an the mass media as well as the emergence of new media and new technolgies.

Throughout this semester students should learn to recognize and be able to critically interpret works of art characteristic of the period of the last half of the twentieth century in the dominance of post-moderism. They will discuss and critically debate key topics and text in class and present their study and conclusions through written assignments.

• Written reveiw mode of textual analysis (2,000 words) due week 6 (40%).

• 3,000 word essay, due assesment period (60%).

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

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.