Art Criticism 1+1
Teacher: Uhl Gabriella
Aims:
The course aims to provide learners with a working knowledge and appreciation of visual art criticism, visual art history, visual art concepts and contemporary art in a global context. It is also intended that learners will develop skills in research, critical thinking and analysis and develop visual art literacy through the completion of this course.
Students will learn to communicate about visual art works and contexts in oral/signed and written form, describe visual art in its cultural, social and historical contexts, to identify significant concepts and principles of art criticism, to apply knowledge of artistic content and concepts to make judgements regarding art works, to assess form and composition using visual art language articulate connections between personal experience and the visual arts, to employ critical thinking, organisational and research skills in analysis of visual art, to assess primary and secondary sources, their usefulness, reliability and contestability to resolve a visual art question, to apply principles of academic integrity engage with local, national and global visual art communities to expand knowledge and appreciation of visual arts, artists and art movements
Topics:
1. Introduction: What Is Criticism? I.
2. What Is Criticism? II.
3. The Critic as Host
4. The Critic as Artist or The Artist as Critic
5. The Eye of the Beholder
6. Self-criticism
7. Lost in the Museum and Biennales
8. Lost in the Art Market and Art Fairs
9. The Trouble with Critics
10. Practical Criticism
11. How to be Wrong
12. The Critical Condition
13. The End of the Global Canon is the End of Criticism?
14. Summary: The End of Criticism?