GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART Art 4315: Aspects of Contemporary Art SPRING 2016 – Tue / Thu 9:30am-11:50am

Description: The growing field of exhibition history explores art from a curatorial perspective. How are different works brought together in an exhibition? How does the exhibition venue contribute to the meaning of the work? What is the curator's role in telling the story of art history? How does the dialogue among different artworks create a certain message for a show? This course approaches the field of contemporary art by looking at a series of significant exhibitions. We will consider how artists, critics, and curators interpreted these exhibitions, how they influenced the understanding of individual artists’ work, and how they took their places in art history. Examples will come from around the world, and from the 1960s to the present.

Instructor: Dr. Benjamin Lima, Fine Arts 2101, (214) 517-8733 [email protected]

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. To become familiar with most significant exhibitions of contemporary art since the 1960s. 2. To gain experience with close firsthand observation of art in museums, developing observational and analytical skills. 3. To be able to interpret works of modern art both through visual analysis of a work itself, and in light of historically important interpretations given to works by artists, critics, and scholars. 4. To develop research, observational and organizational skills in preparing a written assignment. 5. To develop communication and analytical skills in presenting the results of research and study.

Textbook: Biennials and Beyond: Exhibitions that Made Art History: 1962-2002 (Phaidon, 2013)

Online materials: Online materials, including study images, will NOT be on Blackboard, but will be on OneDrive. PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS LINK TO THE ONEDRIVE: http://1drv.ms/1T4r7nu

Attendance Policy Attendance will be taken with a sign-in sheet at the beginning of class. Each late arrival will lower your overall course grade by 0.5 percent. You may miss two class sessions for any reason, with no penalty. After two absences, each additional absence will lower the overall course grade by 1 point. There are no excused absences. I will not discuss attendance over e-mail or respond to e-mails about attendance. Please see me in person to discuss attendance.

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Please note: there are different course requirements, depending on whether you are an art history major or not.

Requirements for Art History Majors and Art History Minors 1. 25 percent: The midterm exam will take place on February 23 in class. It will cover material through Feb. 18. 2. 50 percent: A research paper of between 3500 and 4500 words, plus notes, bibliography and illustrations. Deadlines: • Submit initial question or problem: January 26 • Submit 300-word abstract and annotated bibliography: February 9 • Submit rough outline: March 1 • Submit rough draft: April 5 • Bring rough draft, assignment and cover sheet to Writing Center (by appt.) April 21 • Submit final draft in class: May 5. Late papers will be accepted until the final exam with a one-grade penalty (i.e. from A to B). No assignments will be accepted after the final exam. 3. 25 percent: The final exam will take place on Thursday, May 12. It will cover material from Feb. 25 to the last day of class.

Requirements for All Other Undergraduate Students: 1. 33.3 percent: The midterm exam will take place on February 23 in class. It will cover material through Feb. 18. 2. 33.3 percent: There will be a written assignment of 800 words: to write an analysis of one work from a local museum. Due May 5 3. 33.3 percent: The final exam will take place on Thursday, May 12. It will cover material from Feb. 25 to the last day of class.

Graduate Requirements Graduate students enrolled in Art 5360 will complete the requirements for undergraduate art history majors, and will write an advanced research paper on a topic and scope to be determined in consultation with the professor. As part of the research paper, graduates will make an oral presentation to the class on the topic of their research.

Format of examinations (midterm and final) Each exam will have three parts. Part 1: Image identification. You will see images on screen, and be asked to give the artist, title, date and medium of the artwork. Part 2: Short-answer comparisons. You will see multiple images on screen, and be asked to identify them (artist, title, date, medium) and write a short comparison between the two of them, based on your knowledge from lectures and readings. Part 3: Essay question. You will be given a list of essay questions, and choose one to answer. The questions will ask you to choose artworks from the class, and give your interpretation of the works, using knowledge from the course lectures and readings.

Grading Policy A (90-100): excellent, thoughtful, thorough, comprehensive understanding B (80-89): good or very good, solid, minor mistakes, no major flaws C (70-79): solid, fulfills requirements, some mistakes D (60-69): major mistakes or omissions F (0-50): does not fulfill requirements for the course

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Topic Outline: For each exhibition, please read the relevant chapter in the textbook, as well as review the material online on the OneDrive.

Exhibition Artists to be Discussed 1. Dylaby, Amsterdam, 1962 Rauschenberg, Raysse, Saint Phalle, Spoerri, Tinguely, Ultveldt

2. New Realists, New York, 1962 Oldenburg, Warhol, Dine, Rosenquist, Spoerri, Lichtenstein, Raysse, Christo, Baj, Wesselmann, Thiebaud, Klein, Giacometti, Harold Stevenson, Tinguely, Segal

3. Primary Structures, New York, Caro, Smithson, Gerowitz, Andre, Artschwager, Truitt, Bladen, Judd, Morris, Grosvenor, 1966 Bell, LeWitt 4. Arte Povera + Azioni povere, Amalfi, Merz, Fabro, Pistoletto, Pascali, Boetti, Dibbets 1968 5. January 5-31, 1969, New York, Barry, Huebler, Kosuth, Weiner 1969 6. When Attitudes Become Form, Bern, Van Elk, Serra, Hesse, Artschwager, Tuttle, De Maria, Merz, Boetti, Flanagan, Nauman, 1969 Oldenburg, Beuys, Walther, Zorio, Weiner, Jacquet, Anselmo, Merz, Buren

7. 557,087, Seattle, 1969 Morris, Acconci, Smithson, LeWitt, Barry Flanagan, Dennis Oppenheim, Hesse, Borofsky, Kienholz, Robert Rohm, Artschwager, NE Thing Co 8. Information, New York, 1970 Baldessari, Artur Barrio, Kosuth, Smithson, De Maria, Armajani, Giorno, Byars, Jeff Wall, Bochner, NE Thing Co, Oiticica, Sottsass, Acconci, Rafael Farrer, Hans Haacke

9. Sonsbeek 71, The Netherlands, Ruscha, Oldenburg, Bladen, Wim Schippers, Tony Smith, LeWitt, Volten, Snelson, 1971 and Sonsbeek 93, 1993 Eventstructure Research Group, Morris, Smithson 10. Documenta 5, Kassel, 1972 Broodthaers, Oldenburg, Thek, Close, Kienholz, Duane Hanson, Bechtle, John de Andrea, James Lee Byars, Vautier, Beuys, Panamarenko, Nauman, Le Va, Ruthenbeck, Long, Darboven, Merz, Young/Zazeela

11. A New Spirit in Painting, London, Morley, Baselitz, Balthus, De Kooning, Kirkeby, Kitaj, Kounellis, Ryman, Merz, Lupertz, 1981 Hodicke, Schnabel, Warhol, Hockney 12. Chambres d' Amis, Ghent, 1986 Kosuth, Weiner, Fabro, Lavier, Graham, Merz, Thek, Jef Geys 13. Second Havana Biennial, 1986 and Bedia, Mendive, Capelán, António Ole Third Havana Biennial, 1989 14. , London, 1988 Collishaw, , , Simon Patterson, , , , 15. Magiciens de la Terre, Paris, 1989 Richard Long, Juan Munoz, Oldenburg van Bruggen, Merz, Kirkeby, Anselmo, Akpan, Cyprien Tokoudagba, Jimmy Wululu, Huang Yongping, Jose Bedia, Shirazeh Houshiary, Kingelez, Juan Munoz, Didi, Felipe Linares

16. Places with a Past, Charleston, Boltanski, Ericson/Ziegler, Hammons, Elizabeth Newman, Lorna Simpson, Liz Magor, Ann 1991, and Culture in Action, 1993 Hamilton, Joyce Scott, Chris Burden 17. Whitney Biennial, New York, 1993 Daniel J Martinez, Pat Ward Williams, Charles Ray, Renee Green, Janine Antoni, Byron and Sensation, 1997 Kim, Goldin, Applebroog, Ligon, Fred Wilson, Kiki Smith, David Wojnarowicz, Shu Lea Cheang, Peter Cain, Gober, Lorna Simpson, Pepon Osorio

18. , Bordeaux, 1996 Cattelan, Parreno, Hoeller, Veilhan, Pardo, Gillick, Gonzalez-Foerster, Lothar Hempel, Tiravanija, Beecroft, Huyghe 19. 24th Sao Paulo Biennial, 1998 Regina Silveira, Ernesto Neto, Choi Jeong Hwa, Edgard de Souza, Michael Asher, Laura Lima, Artur Barrio, Rosangela Renno, Arthur Omar, Rochelle Costi, Meireles, Oiticica, Fleury, Dadang Christanto, Eliasson, Kim Soo-Ja

20. Documenta 10, Kassel, 1997 and Ken Lum, Renee Green, John Bock, Hirschhorn, Hatoum, Kozaric, Pascale Marthine Documenta 11, Kassel, 2002. Tayou, Raqs Media, Fareed Armaly, Meschac Gaba, Bruly Bouabre, Yinka Shonibare, Isa Genzken, Kingelez

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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

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