Course overview
This online course introduces global contemporary art through the local lens of Australian society and culture in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In exploring intersections between art and politics, landscape and national identity, gender, multiculturalism, digital technologies, street art, post-colonial and de-colonial discourses, and urban Indigenous art, the course offers a dynamic learning experience that is enriched by the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of major art and artists in contemporary Australian art.
- Derive meanings from images and objects using formal visual analysis.
- Interpret primary sources as part of independent research.
- Critically review scholarly arguments in secondary sources to frame meaningful questions about art.
- Work independently and cooperatively in problem-solving and research tasks.
- Communicate cogently using discipline specific terminology in writing about art.
- Use appropriate digital technologies for analysing art and research tools.
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