Course Description (AETE572)
An introduction to the major issues in contemporary art and criticism in relationship to students’ own practice and the global art worlds. This course will take a critical and historiographic perspective on major social/aesthetic problems such as expressionism, abstraction, identity politics, and relational aesthetics, among others. It will provide an introduction to major artists, movements and themes in contemporary art, including geometric and gestural abstraction, conceptual art, institutional critique, politial intervention, postmodernism, video, performance and installation art. It will emphasize how our understanding of art since the 1960s is continually being reframed by critical debate.
Final Presentation
Darlene Gillan Final Presentation Issues in Contemp Art PDF
Contextual Essay
Darlene Gillan Contextual Essay PDF
Visual Analysis: Ana Mendieta
Darlene Gillan Visual Analysis PDF
Definition Assignment: The Goddess in Feminist Art
