Contemporary 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 examines contemporary art and focuses on themes including the body and identity. Topics include naturally, and culturally, constructed bodies, gender identity, sexual identities, ethnic bodies, abject bodies, and political and religious identities. It includes art in a variety of media including the bodies of humans and animals, painting, sculpture, assemblage,installation, photography, printmaking, architecture, textiles, film, video, and performance art. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: FINH 3071; Any version of ARTH 3071 previously offered with a different title)