Contemporary Art Since 1980
ARHA 252
Spring 2016
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01
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| Crosslisting:
AMST 287 |
This historically rooted introduction to contemporary art sets an anchor around 1980 and moves through the major debates of the last thirty-five years. This period gave rise to a remarkable range of historical transformations: a post-communist Europe; an economically prominent China; the AIDS crisis and queer activism; increasingly molecular degrees of technological and visual mediation in everyday life; the consolidation of a globalized network of travel, communication, and capital; climate change; and a seemingly perpetual "war on terror," to name only a few. This course attends to the changing vocabulary of approaches by which artists both intervened in these conditions and positioned their work in relation to a longer view of the history of art. Rather than a strictly chronological survey, the course attends to specific theoretical frameworks (postcolonial, feminist, anti-racist, poststructural, etc.) and formal techniques (installation, video projection, social practice, public intervention, etc.) that fuel current practice. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(ARHA-MN)(ARHA)(ARST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Primary sources and recent criticism posted on e-reserves.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Midterm and final exam
One 3-page paper, one 8-page paper |
| Instructor(s): Grace,Claire Times: ...W.F. 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: WYL112; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 35 | | SR major: 9 | JR major: 8 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 7 | FR: 7 |
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