Modern Art of Mexico
Mexican visual culture from the late nineteenth century through 1968. Emphasis on the emergence of modernist avant-gardes and popular entertainment, and their ambivalent relationship to state, church, and market. Also explores how self-consciously negotiating the tension between native and international influences, artists, critics, and curators contributes to notions of Lo Mexicano, or "Mexicanness. Art History 341K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prerequisites & course information
Mexican visual culture from the late nineteenth century through 1968. Emphasis on the emergence of modernist avant-gardes and popular entertainment, and their ambivalent relationship to state, church, and market. Also explores how self-consciously negotiating the tension between native and international influences, artists, critics, and curators contributes to notions of Lo Mexicano, or "Mexicanness. Art History 341K and Latin American Studies 327 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027