Course

Art Since 1990 - SAHT3211

Faculty: College of Fine Arts

School: School of Art History and Art Education

Course Outline: Download course outline (PDF format)

Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Excluded: SAHT3105

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course addresses a range of artworks, themes and issues that have emerged in the decades since 1989. It contends that this date is a useful ‘signpost’ in that it corresponds with cultural changes that effectively signal the end of Postmodernism. The subject will make no attempt to enforce a unitary character on the art of this period. Instead, the late ‘eighties, ‘nineties and ‘naughties' will be studied from a number of perspectives. These will include: reactions to censorship scandals and debates; the meaning and impact of globalisation; the significance of the ‘post’ in ‘postfeminism’; the ‘discovery’ by the western artworld of contemporary ‘postcolonial’ art; the impact of new technologies on art, and, most recently, the response of artists to 9/11 and the ‘War on Terror’. These perspectives will be brought to bear on a range of artworks, in diverse media, produced both in Australia and Internationally.
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