13 Art History
Curriculum:
Modernism to Postmodernism - A study of American and New Zealand art from the mid-to-late modernist period (1940s), through to postmodernism (1970s). Key Contexts: - Social contexts: regional connections and the land, class change, the American Dream - Urban life: New York, buildings, streets and people, commercial art and advertising - Mass media: entertainment, advertising, photography, television - The art world: galleries, dealers, museums - Deconstructing the myths: Cold War tension, consumerism questioned, economic uncertainties, feminism. Key Meanings: - Place - Beliefs - Identity - The Everyday - Popular Culture Key Artists: - Hopper, Pollock, Rothko, Johns, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Judd, Serra, Chicago, Kruger, Fahey, McCahon, Hotere, Walters, Culbert, Frizzell Contemporary Diversity - A study of a selection of contemporary art practices from late twentieth century until the present. A range of international and New Zealand artists working within a globally connected art environment is studied. Key Contexts: - Economic and political environments: globalism, capitalism, commodification - The art world: the art market, galleries, copyright, hyperspace, global interactions - The digital age: digital media, mass communications, the reproduced image - Cultural interactions: post-colonialism, international connections - Challenging power: gender, ethnicity, hierarchies. Key Meanings: - Reality - Identity - Narrative - Art as Entertainment - Popular Culture - Consumerism Key Artists and Architects: - Polke, Boltanski, Gursky, Hirst, Koons, Ai Wei Wei, Mori, Choi Jeong-hwa, L.budd, (et. al, p.mule), Cotton, Parekowhai, Reihana, Pule, Upritchard, Gehry (Bilbao Guggenheim Museum), Hadid (London Olympic Aquatic Centre), IM PEI (Louvre Pyramid, Paris), Libeskind (Berlin Holocaust Museum) |
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