Understanding Contemporary Art Writing

This subject will introduce students to the theory and practice of writing on contemporary art and the moving image. The distinct professional genres in which art writing is practised will be analysed as will the recent history of art theory. The subject will survey innovations and developments that have taken place in recent criticism, curatorship and critical writing, as well as discuss the theories, trends and shifts in current and future writing on art and the moving image. The goal of the subject is to develop the overlapping skills of active, critical reading combined with student understanding of critical theory and art.

分��和批判性阅读当代艺术评论与理论。

• 1Identify key issues in writing on contemporary art and the moving image, and recent developments in the field of arts writing scholarship
• 2Conduct autonomous research into diverse scholarship on contemporary art and the moving image, drawing on array of relevant of writing examples
• 3Evaluate different models of writing, their stylistic and conceptual approaches and way they elucidate observations and arguments
• 4Interpret the discursive role of arts writing in paracuratorial cultural outputs and contribution to meaningful insights into arts and cultural practice
• 5Develop skills for the application of carefully considered perspectives and suitable approaches in writing relevant for a career in the arts industry.