ONLINE COURSES
Introduction to Contemporary Art 1980 to Present Day In the past thirty years Contemporary Art has grown to be one of the most exciting and crowded fields in the international art world. This course offers an in-depth guide to the art of our time, surveying all the definitive trends from the 1980s to the present day, and tracing how the global market for art has kept pace. Students will examine the impact of film, video and photography, as well as changes to traditional methods like painting and drawing, while considering the rise and fall of key ideas like postmodernism, conceptualism, and relational aesthetics. Through online lectures, close readings, group discussions, and brief writing assignments, participants will look both at the work of some of contemporary art’s leading lights - Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman, Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst – and those just emerging onto the scene.
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