Sotheby's institute of art
Introduction to Contemporary Art
As contemporary art continues to evolve and challenge, it finds new ways to engage the viewer.| Length | 1 to 3 months |
| Effort | Self-paced |
| Price | $ 1485 |
| Subject | Art, Design |
| Level | Beginner |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | None |
Introduction to Contemporary Art provides you with a roadmap for understanding contemporary art by examining critical works by artists including Donald Judd, Barbara Kruger, Tania Bruguera, and Alfredo Jaar, among many others.
Through lectures and discussions, this course captures contemporary art’s complex trajectory, exploring the central themes, as well as the ideas behind some of the most important works of the past 60 years. By carefully studying the context of contemporary art, you will gain an appreciation of the impact that momentous social, political, and cultural events have had in inspiring dramatic innovation in the arts. At the end of the course, you will have acquired a comfort level with artworks that might have previously seemed challenging or inaccessible.
What you'll learn
What you will learn:
The critical historical and societal contexts for such radical creative initiatives in the last century.
The skills and the tools for looking at, understanding, and critically assessing contemporary works of art.
How to identify important works that represent significant moments in the unfolding of contemporary art.
Course syllabus
Week 1: Challenges to Painting: Minimalism and Conceptual Art
Week 2: Expanding Media: Earthworks and Performance Art
Week 3: Cultural Authority and Identity Politics - Strategies of Appropriation
Week 4: The Art of the Participatory Engagement
Week 5: Globalization and the Arts
Week 6: Art and Technology
Week 2: Expanding Media: Earthworks and Performance Art
Week 3: Cultural Authority and Identity Politics - Strategies of Appropriation
Week 4: The Art of the Participatory Engagement
Week 5: Globalization and the Arts
Week 6: Art and Technology
Meet the instructors
Georgia Krantz, Adjunct Faculty, Online
Ph.D., ABD, Queen's University, Ontario; MA, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Georgia Krantz is an independent art historian and arts educator with a focus on 20th-century art. She has taught art history at the New School and Pratt Institute and has worked as an educator and education consultant at numerous NYC institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, the International Center of Photography, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Krantz has extensive university and museum education experience. She currently teaches graduate studies at the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Interactive Digital Media program at NYU.
Ph.D., ABD, Queen's University, Ontario; MA, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Georgia Krantz is an independent art historian and arts educator with a focus on 20th-century art. She has taught art history at the New School and Pratt Institute and has worked as an educator and education consultant at numerous NYC institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, the International Center of Photography, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Krantz has extensive university and museum education experience. She currently teaches graduate studies at the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Interactive Digital Media program at NYU.