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107-030 Contemporary Aboriginal Art | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-227/327. Students who have completed 111-227 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Roger Benjamin |
Prerequisites | Usually 12.5 points of first year Art History see Prerequisites |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and the politics of representation. Starting with Namatjira and the Papunya movement, the subject surveys recent acrylic and bark painting, and urban Koori painting, photography, and film. Issues such as copyright and appropriation, the art market, women's art practice, curating and museums policy are debated in the subject. |
Assessment | An essay of 2000 words and a classpaper of 2000 words |
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