AART1110

Critical Studies 2

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Creative Arts

10 Units 1000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012

This course will underpin and work in conjunction with the Creative Practice courses for first year BFA students and will investigate primary issues confronting art in the twentieth century and twenty-first centuries. It will build on issues and themes begun in AART1100. It will address the historical rejection of the artistic values of Modernism, recent critical developments in Postmodernism and contemporary art. It will link both art historical narratives with broader cultural, philosophical and socio-political issues and themes.

Objectives

On successful completion of this course students will:
1. gain appropriate skills in research methodology in art theory and history;
2. acquire knowledge of the cluster of theoretical concepts and art trends which characterised the Postmodern era as it is now historically defined, and introduce the global contemporary art field;
3. develop the ability to critically evaluate a given work of art, within its cultural context.
4. develop the ability to express informed analysis in written and verbal form.

Content

The course will cover fields such as defining the ‘postmodern’; art and popular culture; feminism, sexuality and gender; representation, the real and the ‘hyperreal’, the museum effect; death of the artist; art in the public domain, including public space, land and ecology; postmodern design and architecture ; consumerism, art and money.

Replacing Course(s)

AART1220

Transition

Students who have previously completed AART1220 are not permitted to enrol into AART1110.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

AART1100

Modes of Delivery

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Tutorial

Assessment Items

Examination: Class	STANDARD DELIVERY ONLY: Image Analysis Test. Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4
Examination: On-line	ONLINE DELIVERY ONLY: Online Image Test (in place of in-class Image Analysis Test in standard delivery mode). Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4
Essays / Written Assignments	STANDARD & ONLINE DELIVERY: Written Project (1400 words). Due end-of-semester. Focus is on Course Objectives 2, 4, 5.
Other: (please specify)	ONLINE DELIVERY ONLY: Image Analysis Exercise (in place of in-class presentations in standard delivery mode). Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4.
Presentations - Individual	STANDARD DELIVERY ONLY: Image Analysis - in class during Semester (date to be advised). Focus is on Course Objectives 2 & 4.

Contact Hours

Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term

Compulsory Components

Requisite by Enrolment	Requisite - Enrolment in this course is limited to students in the Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary)/Bachelor of Fine Art.

Timetables