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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
In-depth investigation of the relationship between visual art practices and popular culture. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
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4.00 Credits
Social histories and cultural critiques of urban, suburban, and architectural spaces and the social construction of community and public spaces. Content varies and may deal with a variety of geographic locations, cultures, social perspectives, and artists' strategies of public address. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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4.00 Credits
Investigation of issues in modern and contemporary art work and criticism, wherein an assessment of Modernist influences is followed by the examination of contemporary painting as a cross-disciplinary practice employing popular culture, "high art," theory,and new technology. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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4.00 Credits
Investigation of the expanded category of drawing as a primary practice rather than a developmental tool. Explores the relationship between Conceptualism, process, and content considering the changes in method, presentation, and theory from middle of last century to now. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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4.00 Credits
Surveys critical thought that has influenced twentieth-century art production, preparing the student to engage contemporary art with a critical eye, specifically addressing aesthetic and political debates of the historical avant-garde, the neo-avant garde, and postmodern culture. Prerequisites: Studio Art 9A, 9B. ( IV)
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4.00 Credits
Emphasizes the construction of narratives in different media-painting, photography, sculpture, video. Particular attention paid to the development of personal and community histories as a working base. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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4.00 Credits
Emphasizes the construction of racial difference and stereotyping in the visual and performing arts, and on the histories of cultures and artists who functioned outside the contemporary mainstream. Readings assigned. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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4.00 Credits
Futuristic artistic visions of black film, video, and cyberspace which create Afro-futurism. African American diasporic cultural retention in modern techno-culture; digital activism; and dreams of designing technology based on African aesthetic principles are addressed. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A.
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4.00 Credits
History of lesbian and gay culture in relation to the visual and performing arts; the construction of sexual difference, debates around positive and negative representations, queer activism, and the intersections of sexuality with gender and race. Readings assigned. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/seminar on issues of the production and representation of culture, including patronage, museum history, exhibition design and history, arts funding, cultural identity, and cultural diversity. Field trips, screening and slide lectures are generally assigned. Prerequisites: Studio Art 10A, B, C, or 9A, B and 11A. May be taken for credit twice.
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