Critical Issues in Contemporary Art B

This subject is not offered in 2013.

10 hours per week

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This subject provides students with a critical encounter with current, contemporary art practice and theory, and speculates on the directions contemporary art may be taking. The course focuses on cultural developments that have been significant since postmodernism by examining prominent exhibitions and critical publications throughout this period. The course adresses and evaluates innovative as well as retroactive or revisionary artistic practices and theories that each characterises what has increasingly become collectively dubbed 'the contemporary'.

Building on the skills acquired in the previous semester, students should be able to critically comprehend and discuss, in a lucid and persuasive manner, their responses to and interpretation of contemporary works of art and theory.

Written reveiw-mode of textual analysis (2,000 words), ude week 6, (40%)

3,000 words essay, due assessment 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.