AHT2102 Post-war to contemporary art

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Identify and describe key artists, movements, practices, institutions and curatorial developments in post-war and contemporary art from 1945 to the present;

2. 2

   Apply art historical and curatorial theories, methods and close visual analysis to interpret post-war and contemporary artworks, exhibitions and practices in verbal and written formats;

3. 3

   Discuss the relationships between post-war and contemporary art and broader historical, cultural, social, political, economic, environmental and institutional contexts;

4. 4

   Engage respectfully in critical discussion about how artists, audiences, curators, institutions and communities shape, contest and redefine the meanings and values of post-war and contemporary art across local, Indigenous, non-Western and global contexts;

5. 5

   Critically evaluate the aesthetic, political, social, ethical, environmental and public significance of post-war and contemporary art and curatorial practices;

6. 6

   Reflect on emerging art historical, curatorial, cultural and technological contexts to develop and communicate a critically engaged argument.