Art 345, Art in America, 1940s to PresentSyllabus |
1 INTRODUCTION TO COURSE (Feb 5) Ground rules, syllabus, discuss term paper assignment and its process Discuss reading approach Reading assignment for unit 2 (see unit 2) (NB: all reading assignments are listed in the class unit for which they are due) Part 1: Modernism of the 1940s 2 Introduction (SNOW CANCELLATION - deferred to Feb 12) Ch 2 New York in the 1940s All Introduction (15-20) Hg NY as ctr to end Cornell (21-24) Ein American Pragmatism (24-28) Hk WPA -end Europeans (28-32) Gallery Director in class? 3 Ch 2 NY in 40s; Ch 3 Dialog w Europe (Readings only; no dedicated class for these) Hg New Movement in NY to end Friends (32-40) Ein Alternative Narratives to end of ch (40-47) Hk Ch 3 to end of Calder (49-57) 4 Ch 3 Dialogue w Europe (Feb 14) Hg Hofmann (57-62) Ein Gorky (62-71) Hk Motherwell (71-77) Three Opening Receptions (Feb 14, 4-6 pm): 1. Two Solo Exhibitions: Paintings by Robert McCann; Ceramic Installation by Lisa Truax (Fine Arts Gallery) Talk by Robert McCann 5.30-6.16 pm 2. Why Abstraction? Maureen Fritchen, Dan Nielsen, Suellyn Scoon, Maggie Venn (E.H. Matthis Gallery) 3. Juried Student Art Exhibition (Parkside Foundation Gallery) Meet in CART 131. We will visit the exhibitions and then attend Robert McCann's gallery talk from 5.30 to 6.15 p.m. 5 Ch 3 Dialogue; Ch 4 Existentialism Hg de Kooning (77-88) Ein Pollock (89-99) Hk Newman (99-105) Term Paper stage 1: register your chosen artist 6 Ch 4 Existent'sm; Ch 5 New E Msts Hg Rothko (105-113) Ein David Smith (113-124) Hk Ch 5 Dubuffet (125-133) John Porcellino on campus 7 Ch 5 New European Masters (read only; no discussion in class) All Giacommetti and Bacon (133-142) Catch-up 8 Catch-up PART II: Triumph and Collapse of Modernism 9 Ch 6 International Tendencies of 1950s Ch 7 The Beat Generation Hg Abstraction to end Formalist ptg (143-153) Ein The Cobra to end ch (153-164) Hk Ch 7 to end Performance (165-178) 10 Ch 7 The Beat Generation Hg Real Junk to end Walk-in Ptgs (178-186) Ein Oldenburg (186-194) Hk Johns to end 1959 (194-208) 11 Ch 8 Asian & Eur Vangards Hg Yves Klein (209-213) Ein Nouveau Réalistes to end Fluxus (213-218) Hk - 12 Ch 8 Asian & Eur Vangards Ch 9 Pop Art Hg Beuys (218-223) Ein Paik, Ono (223-227) Hk Ch 9 to end of popular imagery (229-234) 13 Ch 9 Pop Art Hg Hockney, Wesselmann, Artschwager (234-40) Ein Warhol (240-248) Hk Lichtenstein, Rosenquist (249-255) Term Paper stage 2-3: submit title, introduction, thesis statement, bibliography; make appt 14 Ch 9 Pop Art Hg Chicago to end Hairy Who (255-264) Ein ! West Coast to end LA Pop (264-273) Hk Arneson to end ch 273-279) March 26 SPRING BREAK March 28 SPRING BREAK 15 Ch 10 Materials, later 60s Hg Minimalism to end Andre (281-288) Ein Morris to end Surface (289-295) Hk Hesse to end Fibreglass (296-301) 16 Ch 10 Materials, later 60s Hg Nauman to end Serra (301-308) Ein Landscape to end Rubric (309-316) Hg Arte Povera to end ch (316-321) 17 April 9 Visits to opening receptions in galleries Sat 6, 3-5 pm (date to be verified) Students Choose Comics (Parkside Foundation Gallery) 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition (Fine Arts Gallery) Kendall McMinimy: Summer Eclipsed (E. H. Mathis Gallery) 18 Catch-up Gallery Director in class? PART III: PostModernism (post 1960s) 19 Ch 11 Politics & PostModernism Hg Critical atmosphere to end Acconci (323-31) Ein ! Body art to end Performance Art (331-343) Hk Christos (343-352) 20 Ch 11 Politis & PostModernism Ch 12 Corporate Culture Hg PostModernism to end ch (352-361) Ein ! Pluralism, Feminism (363-373) Hk Photorealism to end Matta-Clark (373-83) 21 Ch 12 Corporate Culture Ch 13 Painting in 70s Hg Aycock to end ch (383-395) Ein Guston (397-403) Hk New Expressionism (403-415) 22 Ch 13 Painting in 70s; Ch 14 the 80s Hg Italian Neo-Expressionism (415--418) AND Internationalization of Neo Exp (428-33) Ein New Image Painting to end Murray (418-28) Hk Abstraction to end Basquiat (435-446) Term Paper stage 4: submit first draft of paper 23 Ch 14 the 80s; Ch 15 Unstable Definitions Hg Wojnarowicz to end Installation (446-452) Ein Russians to end Consumerism (452-460) Hk Political Appropriation to end ch (460-463) AND ! Return to body to end Hamilton (465-69) 24 Ch 15 Unstable Definitions Hg ! Transgressive dislocations to end PostModern Conceptualism (469-480) Ein PM Self to end Camera (481-490) Hk Video to end Paine (490-499) Visit Art Department Senior Exhibition (Parkside Foundation Gallery) 25 Ch 15 Unstable Defs; Ch 16 Compromised Boundaries Hg ! Cultural Identity to end Global Culture (499-510) Ein China to end ch (510-518) Hg whole ch (519-530) 26 Epilogue All whole ch (531) Visit Art Department Senior Exhibition (Parkside Foundation Gallery) Catch-up and Wrap-up Gallery Director in class? Term Paper completed and submitted May 13 (Mon - not class) Visit Art Department Senior Exhibition (Parkside Foundation Gallery) May 14 EXAM WEEK