Contemporary Art

Spring 2025

Details

Credit

3

Mode

In Person

Component

Lecture

Meets

In Person -

Instructors

Karen Kurczynski

Description

Addresses the history of contemporary art since 1980 from a western perspective, but in a global context. Introduces students to major issues in contemporary art and criticism such as conceptualism, new media, earth art, postmodernism, neo-expressionism, institutional critique, identity politics, political interventions, installation art, ecology, globalization, relational aesthetics, and the role of consumerism and the art market.

Eligibility


Notes

This course includes a new emphasis on community engagement and social practice art for Spring 2021: students will work with the UMCA education curator to coordinate group visits of area high school students to the museum, in person or virtually, for critical discussions on the culture of museums and the way they relate to diverse and racialized communities.

Start Date

End Date

Subject Description

Art History

Subject

ART-HIST

Catalog Number

627

Class Number

52279

Course ID

102985

Section

01

Academic Career

GRAD

Meeting

Tu Th 10:00AM 11:15AM South College Room E245

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