HHIS-226: Contemporary Art History

This post-1960 Art History class intends to introduce key historical artistic movements, by providing contextual (social, political, cultural) landmarks, and by highlighting some major artists' figures (from Hans Haacke, to Sturtevant, to DIS Magazine.), to underline the ruptures and continuity of art history.All together, a constant focus on practices challenging traditional artistic classifications and borders--through appropriation, sound, craft or queer problematics--will be explored in a variety of manners. Through a wide range of visual material (photos and videos of artists' works, exhibitions views), along with theoretical material (artists' statements, catalogues' essays, and press responses), each class aims to give a broad understanding of the artworks 'intents and receptions, offering a good overview of high and popular culture at large.