Schedule *
AH 379 – Issues and Trends in Contemporary Art
Fall 2018
WEEK 1
Introduction to the course
What is contemporary art?
Who is the contemporary artist?
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The 1950s
Abstract Impressionism: Action Painting & Color Field
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Abstract Expressionism – p. 348-354
- Pollock – p. 355 – 359
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WEEK 2
The 1950s and 1960s
Pop Art
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- The Independent Group – p. 385-390
- John and Stella – p. 404-410
- American Pop Art – p. 445-449
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The 1950s and 1960s
Pop Art
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- The Independent Group – p. 385-390
- John and Stella – p. 404-410
- American Pop Art – p. 445-449
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WEEK 3
The 1960s
Pop Art
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Oldenburg and Happenings – p. 450-455
- Warhol – p. 486-491
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The 1960s
Andy Warhol's cinema
Reading:
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 11-25 (end of first paragraph on page 25)
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WEEK 4
The 1950s – 1960s
Nouveau Realisme – Kinetic Art – Op Art
Reading:
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 25 (beginning of second paragraph ) – 33 (end of second paragraph)
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The 1960s – 1970s
Minimal Art
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Judd, Morris, and Minimalism – p. 492-495
- Andre, Flavin, Lewitt – p. 470 - 474
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 43 (second paragraph) - 59
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WEEK 5
The 1960s – 1970s
Land Art
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Smithson and Entropy – p. 505-508
- Site Specific Art – p. 540 - 544
From: Ben Tufnell, Land Art, London: Tate Publishing, 2007
- Introduction – The New Landscape Art – p. 6-19
- Simple, Practical, Emotional. Quiet, Vigorous. The Art of Richard Long – p. 20-32
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 88 (beginning of second paragraph – 96 (end of first paragraph)
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The 1960s – 1970s
Arte Povera
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Arte Povera – p. 509-514
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 84 (beginning of second paragraph) – 88 (end of first paragraph)
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WEEK 6
The 1960s – 1970s
Conceptual Art
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Conceptual Art – p. 527 – 539
- Postminimalism and Process – p- 534-537
- Marcel Broodthaers – p. 534-537
- Documenta 5 – p. 555-558
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 61-84 (end of first paragraph)
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Mid Term Exam
*** 1st REVIEW DUE ***
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WEEK 7
The 1950s – 1970s
Performance Art: Gutai, Fluxus and Viennese Actionism
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Gutai – p. 373-378
- Fluxus – p. 456-463
- Viennese Actionism – p. 464-469
- Beuys – p. 480-485
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 100 (beginning of second paragraph - 108
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The 1950s – 1970s
Performance Art
Reading:
From: RoseLee Goldberg, Performance Art, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2001
p. 128 – 132
p 144 – 171
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WEEK 8
Performance Art – 1970s – 1990s
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- American Performance Art – p. 565-569
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 100 (beginning of the last paragraph) – 108
From: RoseLee Goldberg, Performance Art, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2001
- p. 128 – 132
- p 144 – 171
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Performance Art – 1970s – 1990s
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- American Performance Art – p. 565-569
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 100 (beginning of the last paragraph) – 108
From: RoseLee Goldberg, Performance Art, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2001
- p. 128 – 132
- p 144 – 171
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WEEK 9
Performance Art
Guest Lecture: to be confirmed
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Performance Art
Guest Lecture: to be confirmed
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WEEK 10
The 1980s
Return to Painting: Transavanguardia / Neo-Expressionists / Graffiti
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Richter and Kiefer – p. 612- 616
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 143 – 152 (end of second paragraph)
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The 1980s
Return to Painting: Transavanguardia / Neo-Expressionists / Graffiti
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Richter and Kiefer – p. 612- 616
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 143 – 152 (end of second paragraph)
*** 2nd REVIEW DUE ***
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WEEK 11
The 1980s
Photography: staged and straight
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Richter and Kiefer – p. 612- 616
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 143 – 152 (end of second paragraph)
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The YBA Generation and Video Art
Reading:
From; Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Postminimalism revisted – p. 635-638
From: Gregor Muir, Lucky Kunst, The Story of YBA, London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009
- Year Zero: Birth of the White Cube – p. 17-25
- Building One: A Career Decision – p. 25-34
- Founder Members: Hirst, Joplin and Saatchi – p. 35-42
- Icons: The Shock of the New – p. 43-47
- Penetration: The Emerging Scene – p. 49-56
- Closing Down: Recession – p. 59-71
- White Cube – p. 73-77
- Champagne Supernova: New Labour, Cool Britannia and Sensation – p. 195-205
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WEEK 12
The YBA Generation and Video Art
Reading:
From; Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- Postminimalism revisted – p. 635-638
From: Gregor Muir, Lucky Kunst, The Story of YBA, London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009
- Year Zero: Birth of the White Cube – p. 17-25
- Building One: A Career Decision – p. 25-34
- Founder Members: Hirst, Joplin and Saatchi – p. 35-42
- Icons: The Shock of the New – p. 43-47
- Penetration: The Emerging Scene – p. 49-56
- Closing Down: Recession – p. 59-71
- White Cube – p. 73-77
- Champagne Supernova: New Labour, Cool Britannia and Sensation – p. 195-205
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The 1990s
Video Art
Focus on: Bill Viola / William Kentridge
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- The resurgence of drawing – p. 650- 653
From: Sylvia Martin, Uta Grosenick (edited by), Video Art, London: Taschen, 2006.
Pages tbc
Watching: videos tbc
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WEEK 13
The 1990s
Video Art
Focus on: Douglas Gordon / Matthew Barney / Pierre Huyghe
Reading:
From: Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson
- The projected image – p. 654-658
From: Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2006
- p. 213 - 244
From: Sylvia Martin, Uta Grosenick (edited by), Video Art, London: Taschen, 2006
Pages tbc
Watching: videos tbc
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The XXI century
Reading: tbc
Watching: videos tbc
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WEEK 14
The XXI century
Reading: tbc
Watching: videos tbc
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Course Recap
*** 3rd REVIEW DUE ***
PLEASE NOTE:
* Alterations and/or additions to the schedule may take place. Programs will be confirmed during the course.
* More reading indications will be given during the course.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, Yve-Alain Bois, and Benjamin Buchloh, Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson. ISBN0-500-23818-9
Michael Archer, Art Since 1960, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 1997/2002 . ISBN 0-7148-3388-6
Edward A Shanken, Art and Electronic Media, London: Phaidon Press, 2009. ISBN 0714847828
Sylvia Martin, Uta Grosenick (edited by), Video Art, London: Taschen, 2006. ISBN 3822829501
David Hopkins, After Modern Art, 1945-2000, London: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-284234
Roselee Goldberg, Live Art Since the '60s, New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2004. ISBN 0500282196.
Ben Tufnell, Land Art, London: Tate Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1854376047
Tony Godfrey, Conceptual Art, London: Phaidon Press, 1998/2004. ISBN 0-7148-3388-6
Mark Rosenthal, Understanding Installation Art, Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel. ISBN 3-7913-2984-7
Gregor Muir, Lucky Kunst, The Story of YBA, London: Aurum Press Ltd, 2009. ISBN 978-1845133900
Stuart Comer (edited by), Film and Video Art, London: Tate Publishing, 2008. ISBN 1854376071
Yvonne Spielmann, Video: The Reflexive Medium, Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 2008. ISBN 0262195666
Tanya Leighton, Art and the Moving Image: A Critical Reader, London: Tate Publishing, 2008. ISBN 185437625X
Tanya Leighton and Pavel Büchler (edited by), Saving the Image. Art after Film, Glasgow: Centre for Contemporary Arts, 2003 . ISBN 1-873331-24X
Michael Carter and Adam Geczy, Reframing Art, Oxford: Berg, 2006. ISBN 1-84520-463-6
Rudolf Arnhein, Film as Art, Berkeley. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957. ISBN 0-520-24837-6
Catherine Elwes, Video Art. A Guided Tour, London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1-85043-546-4
Florian Matzner, Public Art, Hatje Catz Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-7757-9073-X
Jorinde Seijdel, Art as a Public Issue, Rotterdam: NAI Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-90-5662-435-4
Alexander Alberro, Sabeth Buchmann, Art After Conceptual Art, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0262511957
Charles Harrison Paul J. Wood (edited by), Art in Theory, 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, Oxford: WileyBlackwell, 2002. ISBN 0-262-63338-8
Robert S. Nelson and Richard Shiff (edited by), Critical terms for art history, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN 0226571645
John Welchman, Art after Appropriation: Essays on Art in the 1990s, London and New York, Routledge, 2001. ISBN 9057010437
Nicolas de Oliviera, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petty, Installation Art , London: Thames and Hudson, 1994/2004. ISBN 0-500-27828-8