American Contemporary Art: 1945-1990
This course investigates how and why, following World War II, New York “stole” from Europe the idea of avant-garde art. The class follows the evolution of and philosophies behind the radical new developments in American contemporary art from the emergence of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s, through the Pop Art and Minimalism of the 1960s and the pluralistic 1970s, including Conceptual Art, Earth and Process Art, the New Realism, Decorative and New Image Art, and finally to Neo-Expressionism, and other developments of the 1980s. Attention will be paid to the relationship of new art to the changing political, social and intellectual landscapes of the late twentieth century. Meets the Critical Learning: AIM requirement. Meets the Writing in the Discipline requirement.
Degree requirement — Critical Learning: AIM, Critical Learning: HP, Writing in the Discipline
1 unit — Murray
Offerings
Term | Block | Title | Instructor | Location | Student Limit/Available | Updated |
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Fall 2021 | Block 4 | American Contemporary Art: 1945-1990 | Gale Murray | Packard Hall 125 | 25 / 13 | 05/23/2022 |
Fall 2022 | Block 3 | American Contemporary Art: 1945-1990 | Gale Murray | TBA | 25 / 20 | 05/23/2022 |