This course looks at art from the post World War II era to the present. It endeavors to analyze general movements with a global perspective. For this reason, artists that may not typically be discussed centrally within the discourse will be given greater visibility while, other more canonical artists, may be spoken of more briefly or excluded.
This course is important for anyone who is a practitioner of or has an interest in contemporary art. It provides students with the necessary background in theory, history, and language to understand art since the post-war period into the present. Students will gain fluency in the ability to analyze the diverse works of this period while at the same time, gain an understanding of how movements of the era build upon and respond to each other. It is an exciting and challenging time to take this class because of the richness of art since the post- WW II era. This era keeps expanding and those artists and works that have existed centrally within the discourse of this era ebb and flow in importance as social and artistic trends gain increased diversity and sophistication. What to include and exclude in the framing of the course is a question of growing complexity and students will gain some insight into this dilemma through lecture and discussion.
- Teacher: Genevieve Hyacinthe