6 credits
Issues of sexuality, subjectivity, gender, and domesticity have been central to women making art since the 1960s. In response to the urgent need for reconsidering women’s contribution to the constitution and representation of sociocultural and geopolitical realities within the international art world beyond Euro-American centers this module grounds the historical discussion of these concepts in a broader global context. The first half of the course reviews key issues and debates in western feminist art movements between the 1960s and 1980s. The inclusion of case studies on the works of women artists, including Mona Hatoum, Nikki S. Lee, Yin Xiuzhen, Shen Yuan, and ON Megumi Akiyoshi in the second half of the course aims at introducing new artistic contents, and alternative cultural formats and theoretical paradigms to the on-going construction of a feminist history of art within the increasingly interconnected, yet unevenly developed globalizing contemporary society.
100% coursework
At least one 2000-level Art History course
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“I enjoyed that the course included exhibition visits and artists talks, so that as students we have more exposure to the arts.”
“I loved how all the concepts in the course are taught in a way to makes it accessible for us to use them as tools and apply to other works of art not limited in the ones mentioned in the course, the ideas can be challenging at times but it was in an interactive manner that stimulated me to think more deeply about each idea explored.”
“Great teaching and interweaving of talks and exhibition visits throughout the course.”
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