Modern Mexican Art

Catalog description

This graduate course is an in-depth look at the period known as the "Mexican Renaissance" when numerous artists, intellectuals, and government institutions responded to the goals, proposals, and failures of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), the first social uprising of the twentieth century. Structured as the combination of a lecture and seminar course, students will investigate issues such as cultural nationalism, gender, class, and race as they pertain to Mexican muralism and diverse media. Lectures will be complemented by focused discussions and presentations on numerous weekly readings. Selected from the advanced literature of the field, readings will offer students a variety of perspectives and methodologies utilized in the discipline. Students will engage in primary and secondary research for their final research paper. A field trip to the Orozco mural at the New School University and/or a local museum and/or gallery will provide students with first-hand knowledge of the art under discussion.