Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

Module Identifier
AHM0410
Module Title
ART AND VISUAL CULTURE (B)
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Ms Moira M Vincentelli
Semester
Semester 1

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials Seminar 11 x 2 hr
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Course Work presentation paper and studentship, to be written up afterwards incorporating ideas that came out of the discussion (2,500 words) Class Presentation to be written up as an essay (2,500 wo  100%
Supplementary Exam Failed components are submitted/re-presented for resit examination 

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

situate their own work, whether in Art History or Art Practice, in the wider context of contemporary culture.
understand the concept of visual culture and its implications for the study of fine art and art history
understand and discuss theoretical texts within a group context, and present ideas about art and visual culture formally to the class and in writing

Brief description

The module provides an overview of the expansion and redefinition of visual study, theory, and history that has taken place in the last two decades. It sets the practice of art and writing about art in the context of a broader concept of visual culture. It enables students to consider debates in cultural theory in relation to aspects of visual art. Some of the classes will consider the work of selected artists, for example Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Jimmy Durham, Yinka Shonibare. Key topics include the concepts of visual culture, material culture, personal and national identity, production and consumption, new technology, and institutional structures. This is a 10-credit version of AHM0330 Art & Visual Culture (A). In enables students studying on the MA in Art, and Art & Art History schemes to study with MA Art History students in a core context.

Aims

  • examine the practice of art and art writing within the broader context of visual culture
  • examine recent debates in cultural theory in relation to visual art
  • provide a core module for all MA students in the School of Art whether their primary focus was Art History or Art Practice (MA in Art, and MA in Art & Art History) take the AHM0410 Art & Visual Culture (B) version of this module.)
  • allow students to examine the interface between Art practice, Art Theory and the concept of visual culture and would give them the opportunity to situate their own practice within the wider context of contemporary culture.
  • enable students to examine the interface between studio practice, art theory and the concept of visual culture. It would also give them the opportunity to situate their own practice within the wider context of contemporary culture.
  • The module would provide a theoretical grounding for the stated aims of all Postgradaute schemes in the School of Art where students study Art Practice, Art History or Museum Studies.
  • exercise the student's capacity for critical reading, discussion, presentation and writing
objectives
  • situate their own work, whether in Art History or Art Practice, in the wider context of contemporary culture.
  • understand the concept of visual culture and its implications for the study of fine art and art history
  • understand and discuss theoretical texts within a group context, and present ideas about art and visual culture formally to the class and in writing.

Reading List

General Text
Ashcroft, Bill, Griffiths, Gareth and Tiffin, Helen (1995) The Post-colonial Studies Reader Routledge, London and New York Primo search Barthes, Roland (1989) Mythologies, London, Paladin Primo search Becker, Gary (1996) Accounting for Tastes Princeton, Havard University Press Primo search Bourdieu, Pierre (1993) The Field of Cultural Production London, Polity, Primo search Connor, Steven (1992) Theory and Cultural Value Oxford, Blackwell Primo search Greenberg, Reesa, Ferguson, Bruce, Nairne, Sandy (1996) Thinking about Exhibitions London, Routledge Primo search Jenks, C (ed), (1995) Visual Culture Routledge, London and New York Primo search Lord, Peter (1994) Gwenllian: Essays on Visual Culture Llandysul, Gomer Primo search Sherman, Daniel, and Rogoff, Irit (1994) Museum Culture: Histories, Discourses, Spectacles London, Routledge, Primo search Walker, John and Chaplin, Sarah (1997) Visual Culture: An Introduction, Manchester, MUP Primo search Visual Arts and Culture Primo search Recommended Text
Things Primo search Third Text Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7