ARTH 546

Spring 2012 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 2

Seminar in Contemporary Art

Credit: 4 hours.

Intensive study of selected problems or artists.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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ARTH 546 class schedule data for spring 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	50195	Conference	IS	6:00PM -8:50PM	M	Art and Design Building	Small, I	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Section Info: Topic: Practicing Utopias. This class explores the recurring theme of utopia in modern and contemporary art, from the laboratories of the Russian avant-garde to works made in the wake of Arab Spring. While we will consider the aims and content of various utopias and dystopias, our emphasis will be on how utopias are practiced, which is to say constructed, contested, negotiated, and re-worked. Topics to be treated include the role of abstraction and narrative in envisioning utopia, notions of rupture and recuperation, embodiment and materiality, the temporal and spatial framing of utopias, and the porousness of boundaries. Artists and theorists to be considered include: El Lissitzky, Joseph Beuys, Paul Chan, Tania Bruguera, Sharon Hayes, Anri Sala, Marquis de Sade, Fredric Jameson, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Hardt. Discussions will be integrated with seminars leading up to the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory's spring 2011 conference "Beyond Utopias?" Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.