Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online | Term3 | N/A |
Unit description
Explores key debates in art history and visual culture that have been central to a range of post-1960s art practices. Distinctions between Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary art will be addressed through theoretical frameworks such as feminism, post-colonialism, phenomenology, new technology, globalisation, capitalism and digital culture.
Unit content
- Postmodernism
- Pop Art
- Site-specific art
- Conceptual Art
- Art and Activism
- Pictures Generation
- Post-structuralism
- Critical theory
- Feminism
- Visual and theoretical analysis
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | articulate the conditions and contradictions of key discourses relevant to post-1960s art and visual culture |
| 2 | articulate the relation between a range of art practices and critical theories relevant to post-1960s art |
| 3 | produce original and historically accurate research that draws from academic sources |
| 4 | summarise the similarities and differences between modern and postmodern art. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- articulate the conditions and contradictions of key discourses relevant to post-1960s art and visual culture
- articulate the relation between a range of art practices and critical theories relevant to post-1960s art
- produce original and historically accurate research that draws from academic sources
- summarise the similarities and differences between modern and postmodern art.
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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International
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