Art History and Theory
As part of the Fine Art degree, all students must complete the following core courses:
Please note:
– ART 1 HUSO2399 & ART 4 HUSO2405 are only offered in Semester 1.
– Year 2 students doing ART 3 can choose to do this unit in either Semester 1 OR Semester 2 (you simply need to enrol into a university elective in the semester you are not studying ART 3)
– HUSO2401 ART 2 and HUSO 2403 ART 3 may have a range of class options available. Preferencing is done through RMIT MyTimetable.
– You must not repeat a course you have already completed.
– Courses are subject to viability and may not run if numbers are too low.
Semester 2, 2025
The Art History and Theory courses that run in second semester are for both first and second year students. They will be offered under the following course codes:
-
- ART 2: Art History and Theory HUSO2401 (1st year)
- ART 3: Art History and Theory HUSO2403 (2nd year)
Please use enrolment online to enrol into AHTC courses and MyTimetable to preference and select tutorial classes.
- Eco-Visionaries: Making Art on a Changing Planet
- Re-Shaping Worlds: Histories, Connections and Global Futures
Eco-Visionaries: Histories, Connections and Global Futures
- Course Coordinator Daniel Palmer
- Mondays 1hr lecture followed by a 2hr tutorial (please use MyTimetable to preference)
- Open to art & photography students
This course introduces you to a wide range of contemporary art practices responding to the climate emergency and the interconnected impacts of colonisation, global economics, war, histories of contamination and late capitalism. It also takes a close and critical look at how artist visions of the world have historically contributed to, legitimised and shaped processes of ecological awareness and damage. In doing so, the course provides you with a critical foundation and specialised context for practicing in the 21st century as it interrogates the required innovations, opportunities and challenges of practicing ethically, and with currency, in the era of climate change.
Re-Shaping Worlds: Contemporary Asian Art
- Course Coordinators: Thao Nguyen and Daniel Palmer
- Mondays 1hr lecture followed by a 2hr tutorial (please use MyTimetable to preference)
- Open to art & photography students
This course introduces you to a wide range of contemporary art practices and curatorial approaches in the Asia region, with a focus on China, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Australia. Key topics will include diaspora, cultural identities, gender identities, performance, decolonialism, communities and collectives, ecological futures, art writing and publishing, critical perspectives in institutional representation and structural racism, and language. The course aims to give you an expanded perspective on art that will help you situate your own work and position in critical conversations in contemporary practice.