School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Pop, Minimalism, and Postmodernism

This third course examines the explosion of the mass media and its expression in Pop art
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Length Over 6 months
Effort 13 hours per session
Price $ 300
Subject Art, Design
Level Beginner
Languages English
Video Transcripts English
This third course examines the explosion of the mass media and its expression in Pop art as well as the rise of the simpler, but equally powerful movement called Minimalism. Conceptual art, performance/body art, Land Art, takes us into the countercultural 70s, and then finally the dizzying glut of the information age and Postmodernism.

What you'll learn

You will learn:

  • Cultural and political influences

  • Vocabulary of art

  • Identification and understanding of the icons of art history

Course syllabus

Session 1: Pop And Its Legacy Session 2: Minimalism And The Phenomenology Of Being Session 3: Critiquing The Institutions Of Art Session 4: The Cacophony Of Postmodernism In The Information Age

Meet the instructors

Lisa Wainwright