Art 6933 Graduate Seminar: The Problematics of Painting
This seminar provides the opportunity for in-depth discussion and inquiry into contemporary art and art criticism as it relates to the practice of painting. The goal is to develop a more informed critical position for the experience of our art as well as the art of others.
Art 6933 Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar: Utopia, Dystopia and Manifestos
As an interdisciplinary seminar, this course will consist of reading program based on utopia, or the ideal (yet non-existent) place. Utopias provide a way to criticize one’s world while setting a framework for a better future. Dystopias sharpen the criticism present in every Utopia by presenting a vision of the worst place. This seminar will explore: how artists (visual and literary) use utopias and dystopias to criticize their own cultures; how can thinking about utopias and manifestos both personal and global, physical and virtual function as sites for artistic practice. The seminar will end with the development of your own manifesto.
