Contemporary Indigenous and Canadian Art

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: ARTH/MUSE 2101 (or FINH 2101); ARTH/MUSE 2111 (or FINH 2111); or permission of the Department This course considers the narratives of Indigenous and Canadian art by examining historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. Topics may include: Modernism and Postmodernism in Canadian art; Canadian Indigenous art; colonization and the myths of nationhood; the politics of representation, and gender; affect, and audience. It examines a range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, audio, performance, and installation art. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: FINH 3031; Any version of ARTH 3031 previously offered with a different title)