ART 107 - Contemporary Art & Ideas

Semester Hours: 4

This course is an exploration of art and its reflection of contemporary society, cultural identities, and everyday life. We explore how art is made, what inspires it, and how to observe and interpret what we see. The course focuses on contemporary art and artists, while often comparing and contrasting them with artists throughout history and placing the work within a historical context. The course also utilizes artistic themes to help relate content in the artwork to our own experiences. These themes range from identity, politics, time, technology, language, ecology and environment, religion and spirituality, and science. The course combines lecture, discussion, writing, and seeing artwork in person through field trips and observation activities. Meets Humanity and Culture Intellectual Perspective requirement (HC).

Intellectual Perspective: HC
When Offered: Every other fall semester.