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ARTH6503 Contemporary International Art: Critical Themes

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Art History
Offered in ARTH6503 will not be offered in 2010
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

Contemporary International Art: Critical Themes brings together contemporary issues and themes across the broad scope of the Art History, Museums and Curatorship program offered in the School of Humanities. The course addresses these three core areas of study within a contemporary context so that students can examine contemporary art practise against the grain of institutional, curatorial, ideological and historical frameworks. The course exploits the diversity of approaches offered within the program and introduces students to ideas regarding a 1980s and beyond ‘community’ of art.

Indicative Assessment

Tutorial discussion (10%), 2,500 word tutorial paper(20%), 1,500 word Art Writing Project (25%) and 3,500 word research essay (45%)

Workload

One 2-hour lecture per week and one 1-hour tutorial per week.

Course Classification(s) SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation.
Areas of Interest Art History
Prescribed Texts

Gill Perry and Paul Woods (eds), Themes in Contemporary Art, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004
Peter Timms, What's Wrong with Contemporary Art?, Sydney: UNSW, 2004

Academic Contact Dr Elisabeth Findlay

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