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ARTHIST 317 - Contemporary Pacific Art
Faculty of Arts
ARTHIST 317
Contemporary Pacific Art
Description
Focuses on work by contemporary Pacific artists, exploring the ways that they translate indigenous knowledge and urban experiences into gallery forms such as painting, installation, performance, film and video making. Themes such as migration and diaspora, language and memory, notions of homelands and return and the creation of complex cultural identities will be explored.
Availability 2018
Not taught in 2018
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Caroline Vercoe
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
ARTHIST 317: 15.0 points
Prerequisites
15 points at Stage II in Art History and 60 points passed
Restrictions
ARTHIST 217