KVB113 Australian Art and Identity
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| Unit code: | KVB113 |
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| Equivalent(s): | KVB115, KVB103 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,040 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,024 |
| International unit fee | $3,828 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | KVB113 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | KVB115, KVB103 |
| Coordinator: | Sophie McIntyre | sophie.mcintyre@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit introduces the history of Australian art in the 20th Century. It addresses the national, cultural and social frameworks within which this art has been produced, particularly after World War II, emphasising a number of movements and styles in Australian art and their relationship to international tendencies. The unit also considers the nature of Indigenous art and its contribution to the complexities of Australian cultural identity. All of these issues will assist in understanding that Australian art has, and has continued to be, an important expression of our cultural values. This includes the viewpoints of marginal voices from Indigenous culture and multiculturalism, and at the level of gender and sexual politics.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Display broad and coherent skills of visual analysis.
- Critically analyse and synthesise different perspectives on Australian and Indigenous art.
- Effectively communicate key ideas concerning Australian and Indigenous art.
- Identify and interpret works of Australian and Indigenous art.
Content
The unit content addresses the historical, cultural, political and social issues that have informed Australian Art, particularly in the post war period. Major issues that will be studied include Australian figurative painting and the reaction against American abstraction; Australian Pop Art and Hard Edge abstraction; the use of performance art as part of a counter-cultural challenge to mainstream social values. Other issues include Australia as a postmodern cultural centre during the 1980s; the agitational strategies of sexual politics in Feminist and Queer art; the artistic expression of multi-culturalism; the suburban experience and recent trends in a globalised consumer market. The examination of Australian indigenous cultures will include the history of Aboriginal art movements and artists; postcolonial strategies of Aboriginal artists; the practice of urban Aboriginal artists and Indigenous art’s contribution to Australian cultural identity in the international marketplace.
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will engage with lectures, blended online material, gallery visits, tutorials, and films. Your assessment tasks will be supported by a range of strategies including in-class activities, consultations with teaching staff and online resources.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
The overall aim of the assessment pattern is to foster a combination of skills between textual-critical analysis and visual analysis. These skills are developed against the background of art-historical knowledge that is presented.
Assessment
Overview
There are three assessment items for this unit, through which you demonstrate your developing skills of critical analysis and cultural sensitivity to the history and evolution of Australian art. They include an in-class presentation where you lead the discussion on a particular topic; a critical response, in the form of an essay, to an Australian art work; and an art work slide test.
Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Canvas site for this unit. This includes information about assignment submission, late assignments and assignment extensions.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Visual Analysis Presentation
You will be required to lead a visual analysis and discussion of set images. The purpose of this task is to develop skills in critical analysis of the visual image.
Assessment: Essay
You will be required to nominate an Australian artwork in a local gallery collection and prepare a written paper analysing the work.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Artwork Slide Test
You will be asked to identify images of artworks studied over the semester.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Set readings, images and videos for this unit are available online, via your unit Canvas website.
Risk Assessment Statement
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 CIF General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online. There are no undue risks for you when participating in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.KK34 Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Cite and discuss a broad and coherent knowledge of historical and contemporary cultural contexts for creative practice, including the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, ULO4 - Identify and demonstrate knowledge of the techniques and concepts underpinning your field of creative practice.
Relates to: ULO1 - Demonstrate complex problem solving through iterative experimentation and the creative and critical development of ideas and outcomes.
Relates to: ULO2 - Demonstrate technical proficiency in at least one area of your field of creative practice.
Relates to: ULO4 - Communicate independent learning clearly and coherently in diverse modes relevant to your field of creative practice.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3 - Discern, critically analyse and synthesise knowledge in complex creative practice settings.
Relates to: ULO2 - Demonstrate respect for cultural and social differences, and work with integrity across creative practice networks.
Relates to: ULO3