GRAD686 Visual and Critical Studies II 3cr

In Visual and Critical Studies II, the next online seminar course, students continue the project of examining their work in the context of contemporary practice, while locating art historical and conceptual precedents. The course explores major issues in contemporary art, criticism, and theory that help negotiate the relationships between art making and global art worlds. The course explores critical and historiographical perspectives on major social/aesthetic problems such as expression, abstraction, identity, globalization, relational aesthetics, conceptualism, and the ideology of consumerism. In addition, students consider fields and ideas outside of the art world, further inspiring and contextualizing their work. The course incorporates independent research and writing work, designed to help students claim their personal writing voice and to further define research skills appropriate for their specific method of working.

Prerequisites: GRAD-685

Spring