history of art project, fine art year 3

Fine Art, Stage 3: Critical Theory 3.5, History of Art 2009/10

Lecturer: Niamh Ann Kelly PROJECT

Project: ESSAY

Write a 3,000 word essay on one of the following:

1. The development of new approaches to how art and technology interact has redefined the audiences of contemporary art. Discuss this statement in relation to two artists of your choice working between 1990 and today.

2. Changing notions of identity - either personal or shared - are central to how contemporary artists explore cultural or political themes in the public domain. Discuss this statement in relation to two artists of your choice working between 1990 and today.

3. Critiques of the institutions that mediate art - such as curatorship, the art market, studio management and art criticism - are changing the discourses surrounding contemporary art. Discuss this statement in relation to two artists of your choice working between 1990 and today whose works address one or more of the listed institutions of art.

Submission: EMAIL to niamhann.kelly@dit.ie

ON either 15th or 16th DECEMBER 2009
(Do not email on any other day please)

Format: Word Document,
with illustrations & full bibliography

Please read and follow Guidelines for Written Submissions.