Critical Issues in Modern and Contemporary Art

Catalog description

Seminar on critical issues, problems, and debates in modern and contemporary art, theory, or criticism in all media within primarily Western geographical contexts. Each semester will focus upon varied thematic, historical, or theoretical issues such as: modernism, postmodernism, and aftermodernism; art history and historiography; psychoanlaytical, postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory; performance and installation art; and/or major works, artists, theorists, critics, or movements. Repeatable once when topics vary. Prerequisite(s): one ARTH 36XX-level course, or consent of instructor.