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ARTH 228 Contemporary Art in a Globalizing World Units: 3.00
This course will examine the histories, meanings and sites of contemporary art in a globalizing world. Students will become familiar not only with the works themselves, but with shifts in critical conceptions and popular media that affect the production, display, circulation, and reception of contemporary art.
Learning Hours: 120 (24 Lecture, 12 Group Learning, 12 Online Activity, 72 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 2 or above) or permission of the Department.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Contextualize and analyze art works in relation to their conditions of production.
- Explain and evaluate key theories of art from the 1960s to the present day.
- Explain and evaluate the historical and theoretical debates around the notion of "the contemporary" as they have developed since the 1960s.
- Identify and discuss major movements, patterns, and networks in transnational art from the 1960s to the present day.
- Use visual and material analysis to interpret works of contemporary art in various media.