Art History 245 - Contemporary Art

This course traces the different paths of painting, sculpture, and photography since World War II. We will follow the 'crisis of modernism,' the rise of post-modernism, the turn to identity politics, and recent artistic interests in globalization, transnationalism, and diaspora. Among the major figures to be studied are Boltanski, Chicago, Christo, Johns, Kiefer, Mapplethorpe, Rauschenberg, and Warhol.

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors