Art 345, Art in America, 1940s to Present

Syllabus

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