ARTH215-16S2 (C) Semester Two 2016

International Contemporary Art

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2016
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2016

Description

The course provides an introduction to international contemporary art, focusing on developments in Europe and the USA.

This course provides an introduction to key concepts and tendencies in international and New Zealand art practices since 1945.  Artists considered include Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Robert Morris, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Roni Horn. The course explores issues and ideas that have been critical to shifts taking place in art and visual culture since 1945, including:
• debates regarding modernism/postmodernism
• the breakdown of traditional categories and the emergence of new modes of engagement and
  new media in the visual arts
•  the political and ethical concerns of contemporary art, and interactions between art, popular
  culture and everyday life

(Image: Ash Keating, "Concrete Propositions", 2012. Presented by Gap Filler and Christchurch Art Gallery.)

Learning Outcomes

  • In this course you will learn:
  •  Knowledge of key critical debates that have shaped the study of contemporary art history
  •  To locate contemporary art practices within their social, historical and theoretical contexts
  •  To critically evaluate evidence and present well-reasoned arguments

Prerequisites

15 points at 100-level Art History and Theory and any 15 points from the BA Schedule.

Restrictions

ARTT102, ARTH109

Course Coordinator

David Khan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Examination 30%
Journal 30%
Two Exhibition Reports 10%
Research Assignment 30% (2000 words)

Textbooks / Resources

There is no set text for this course; however Brandon Taylor’s 'Art Today', London, Laurence King Publishing, 2005, is recommended and provides an overview of some of the key ideas addressed in the course.

This book is on 3 hour loan in the Central Library.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $717.00

International fee $2,913.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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