Issues in Contemporary Art

• • Art theory and context
  • Practices of seeing
  • Art, politics and ideology
  • Commodity, culture and desire
  • Identity and the body
  • The persistence of abstraction
  • Conceptual art
  • Landscape art and the environment
  • Modernism and postmodernism
  • Art science and technology

• Study resources

  • Online materials

    • Printable format materials
    • Resources and Links

Others

You must have a high level of proficiency in the English language and competent essay writing skills.

Special requirements

No special requirements

This subject provides an introduction to the major theoretical issues of contemporary art with a strong emphasis given to contemporary practice. Theories of seeing and of cultural production are examined and illustrated through examples of contemporary art practices.

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• Online test (20%)
• Essay 1 (40%)
• Essay 2 (40%)