This unit examines the history of Indigenous Australian art in modern times, with a particular focus on the last decades of the twentieth century when it gained international recognition. The different schools of Indigenous art, from remote to regional and urban, are examined, as well as its institutional and museological reception as contemporary art in Australia and overseas. Major themes of the unit include (1) the iconographic and pictorial qualities of the different schools of Aboriginal contemporary art and their interaction with Western aesthetic conventions such as abstraction; (2) the role of Aboriginal contemporary art in Indigenous discourses of identity and postcolonial... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Darren Jorgensen
Prerequisites: VISA1000 Great Moments in Art or VISA1001 Art, Technology and Society
