Course overview
The course explores the vast diversity of historical and contemporary Indigenous art practice, with a focus on several painting traditions including bark painting from various parts of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, Central and Western Desert dot painting, and watercolours from Hermannsburg in Central Australia. Other aspects covered include Indigenous decorated and woven objects and contemporary urban Aboriginal prints and photographs. The course draws heavily on the comprehensive Indigenous collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia. Key anthropological, ethnographic and philosophical issues arising from the collecting and display of Indigenous art and objects in museums and galleries are also discussed.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to recognise major regional styles in Indigenous art and key Indigenous artists
- Demonstrate the ability to describe composition, style, and iconography in both written and oral exposition, with a high degree of accuracy
- Develop cultural awareness
- Develop critical thinking skills in methodological, historical and theoretical problems
- Develop problem solving skills
- Develop "connoisseurship"
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