ART 6001

Contemporary Art as an Intellectual Field and Rethinking Form and Medium

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

This seminar investigates the genealogy of the term "contemporary", addressing the material, institutional and aesthetic conditions in which art is situated. Topics may include art education; site and context specificity; nomadism; and diverse understandings of art as an autonomous entity and in relation to society and the self. The course also addresses art forms and mediums in dialogue with one another as they have unfolded historically. From installation, performance, video and conceptual practices of the 60's and 70's which explored the physical and ontological limits of art, to the "Pictures" and Post-Conceptual generation that problematized art institutions and cultural, political and economic realms, to present day project based and relational aesthetic practices that employ dialogue as a medium. Readings include key texts from critical and aesthetic theory.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: M.F.A. students in Art.

When Offered Fall.

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