Module Details
| Module Code: |
ARTS8002 |
| Title: |
Art After Utopia
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Long Title:
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Art After Utopia
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| NFQ Level: |
Advanced |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2017/18 ( September 2017 ) |
| Field of Study: |
2110 - Visual Arts
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| Module Description: |
This course will examine the closure of Modernist utopias, and follow the emergence and development of Post Modern art practices to the present day.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Describe the history, theory and practice of art from 1970 to the present |
| LO2 |
Discuss changes in attitudes to individual authorship in relation to themes and movements in the art of the period |
| LO3 |
Evaluate the relationship between issues in art practice and the broader social, political and cultural context |
| LO4 |
Construct and develop a distinct analytical and critical position which shows an awareness of existing debates on the period studied |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Art Practice from 1970 to the Present
This lecture programme will address art production within the context of both art movements at the end of the Modernist period and the post modern challenge to this Utopian model.
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Art and Everything Else
This thematic lecture programme will examine the pluralistic nature of art practice after modernism, and situate current post-medium art production within wider debates in critical theory and cultural studies
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seminars
Visits to relevant local and national sites, museums and galleries, screenings of documentary videos, readings of key texts; research, writing and presentation skills.
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
Assessments
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Art Practice from 1970 to the Present |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Art and Everything Else |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Seminar |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Independent Learning |
Every Week |
4.00 |
4 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| This module has no Part Time workload. |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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Archer. M.. (1997), Art Since 1960, Thames and Hudson,, [ISBN: 0500203512].
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Stangos. N., (ed). (1994), Concepts of Modern Art, Thames and Hudson, [ISBN: 0500202680].
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David Hopkins. (2000), After Modern Art 1945-2000, OUP, Oxford, [ISBN: 019284234X].
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Michael Rush. (1999), New media in late 20th-century art, Thames & Hudson, London, [ISBN: 0500203296].
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Warr & Jones. (2000), The Artist’s Body, Phaidon, London, [ISBN: 0714835021].
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Reckitt & Phelan. (2001), Art and Feminism, phaidon, [ISBN: 0714835293].
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Goldberg, Roselee. (1980), Performance Art, Thames and Hudson, [ISBN: 0500202141].
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Jeffrey Kastner; Brian Wallis. (1998), Land and Environmental Art, Phaidon, London, [ISBN: 0714835145].
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Peter Osborne. Conceptual art, London ; Phaidon, 2002., [ISBN: 0714839302].
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David Campany (Editor). Art and Photography, Phaidon Press, London, p.220, [ISBN: 9780714863924].
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edited by Edward A. Shanken. (2009), Art and electronic media, Phaidon Press, London, [ISBN: 0714847828].
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Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev. Arte Povera, Phaidon Press, p.304, [ISBN: 9780714845562].
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James Meyer. (2000), Minimalism, Phaidon, London, [ISBN: 0714834602].
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Greenberg C.. (1961), Art and Culture, Beacon Press, [ISBN: 0807066818].
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Smith, E. L. (1994), Race Sex and Gender in Contemporary Art, Art Books International, [ISBN: 187404406].
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Krauss. R.. (1993), The Originality of the Avant Garde and Other Modernist Myths., MIT Press, [ISBN: 0262610469].
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Taylor. B.. (1995), The Art of Today, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, [ISBN: 0297833669].
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Williams. R.. (1989), The Politics of Modernism, Verso, [ISBN: 0860912418].
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Tony Godfrey. (1998), Conceptual art, Phaidon Press, London, [ISBN: 0714833886].
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Foster. H. (ed). (1985), Post Modern Culture, Pluto, [ISBN: 0745300030].
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Walker. J.. A and Chaplin. S.. (1997), Visual Culture: an Introduction, Manchester University Press, [ISBN: 0719050200].
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