Art History 297 - TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY ART

This class examines current issues in contemporary art, suggested by critical debates and significant exhibitions. The class will be particularly interested in practices and debates that offer the following: analyses of the global condition of art; demonstrations of the influence of new technologies; reflections on institutional frameworks; excavations of earlier art-historical moments; accounts of the shifting status of art, artists and audiences in the contemporary public sphere. Prerequisites: One 200-level art history course, or permission of the instructor. Group III