Course overview
The course looks at contemporary art as 'cutting edge' art, how its origins are to be found in modernist notions of the avant garde and on recent national and international developments including installation, new media, performance art, the resilience of painting and the place of Indigenous art in the contemporary scene and differing genres of arts writing. The course will focus around contemporary work in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Course learning outcomes
- A broad understanding of the nature and origins of contemporary art within a global context.
- An ability to analyse works of contemporary art in a variety of media and using different methodologies.
- An ability to identify, access and critically evaluate a wide range of primary, secondary, textual and visual materials using a range of technologies.
- An ability to generate ideas and construct evidence based arguments in a planned and timely manner.
- An ability to communicate effectively in individual and team-based situations.
- An awareness of the ethical, social and cultural implications of contemporary art within a global context.
- A capacity to conduct enquiry according to scholarly and ethical conventions.