NEOLIBERAL AESTHETICS: ART FOR AND AGAINST LATE CAPITALISM

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

What is Neoliberalism? What is Neoliberal aesthetics? This class will look at a range of cultural responses to capitalism from the 1980s to its very recent decline with Trump. One of the ironies of global contemporary art, from postmodernism to the present, is that many artists and critics who position themselves as Neoliberalism’s harshest critics are in fact unwittingly committed to the very ideologies that they claim to deplore. This class will examine the politics of artistic resistance and compliance to the forces of Neoliberalism. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for HART 537 if student has credit for HART 437.