Learning Outcomes:
-- recognise and account for the key concepts and major manifestations of modern and contemporary art, especially as they pertain to the main themes of the course.
- identify and critically analyse canonical modern and post-modern artworks.
- be familiar with major critical texts pertaining to the development of modern art as a concept within visual art.
- critically reflect on the key themes of the course - abstract art, collage and photomontage, chance and automatism, the strategies used by women artists, and the gallery space.
Indicative Module Content:
The Avant-Garde; Abstraction; Collage and Photmontage; Chance and Automatism; the position and work of Women artists; Installation art and White Cube space.