| Semester 1, 2020 On-campus Toowoomba | |
| Short Description: | Perspectives Contemporary Art |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Creative Arts |
| Student contribution band : | Band 1 |
| ASCED code : | 100301 - Fine Arts |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Rationale
This course looks at current trends in contemporary art that have led to many artists working within shared areas of investigation such as representation, abstraction, storytelling, globalism, body, nature and technology etc. The course will discuss 10 different areas of current contemporary art and debate the similarities and differences between artists who are working within these fields and the individual responses they have to these various conceptual and visual concerns.
Synopsis
VSA2000 Perspectives in Contemporary Art is the investigation and evolving discussion of shared artistic concerns which have occurred within current contemporary artistic practices. The course explores the role of conceptual concerns in regards to 10 areas of discussion and the significance they play in developing current art discourse. The theories of art, culture, social politics and aesthetics from a variety of periods, social and cultural movements will be discussed through the use of imagery from 20th Century (as an historical starting foundation). Expanding on this the course will also present information on related fields within contemporary art and the ongoing conceptual and visual concerns that continue to be developed by artists from throughout the world in the 21st Century.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- explore concepts related to artists and their practices related to historical, contemporary and current shared artistic concerns;
- research and evaluate key historical and contemporary art concepts through creative, critical and reflective thinking by investigating underlying aesthetic conventions within works of art in their varying contexts;
- apply knowledge of the development of contemporary visual art concepts through a broad survey of historical and current contemporary thought and in doing so generate proposed links and solutions between various artists;
- communicate in writing by clearly and logically expressing ideas pertaining to visual and conceptual perspectives as they relate to the visual arts supported by evidence of research and analysis;
- recognise and reflect on cultural and socio-political issues that are inherent in historical and current contemporary arts trends, arts theory, and concepts and the way these are positioned individually, and internationally.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Representation: the fiction of realism | 10.00 |
| 2. | Abstraction and purity | 10.00 |
| 3. | The transference of the readymade | 10.00 |
| 4. | Art and popular culture | 10.00 |
| 5. | Post-modern story telling | 10.00 |
| 6. | The body, nature and technology | 10.00 |
| 7. | The politics of art: art and politics | 10.00 |
| 8. | Hybrid identity and imperfection | 10.00 |
| 9. | Globalism and the borderless world | 10.00 |
| 10. | Reinventing the viewer | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=01&subject1=VSA2000)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
(Also available online.)
Reference materials
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Assessments | 65.00 |
| Lectures and Tutorials | 39.00 |
| Private ¾«¶«´«Ã½app | 61.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSIGNMENT 1 | 100 | 10 | 16 Mar 2020 | |
| ASSIGNMENT 2 | 100 | 60 | 05 May 2020 | |
| ASSIGNMENT 3 | 100 | 30 | 01 Jun 2020 |
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
Students must attend and complete the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety training program for this course where required.
External and Online:
There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students’ responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
On-campus
It is the students’ responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course. -
Examination information:
There is no examination for this course. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
There is no examination in this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations. -
¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Other requirements
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Students can expect that questions in assessment items in this course may draw upon knowledge and skills that they can reasonably be expected to have acquired before enrolling in the course. This includes knowledge contained in pre-requisite courses and appropriate communication, information literacy, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving or numeracy skills. Students who do not possess such knowledge and skills should not expect to achieve the same grades as those students who do possess them.