Contemporary art concepts

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Contemporary Art can sometimes seem a little disorientating; this course aims to provide some background, helping you form a clearer picture of the key historical ideas and practices behind some of today’s most interesting and controversial artworks.
Giving coherent shape to Contemporary Art’s often baffling variety, we’ll examine important practices and demystify some of its more confusing jargon. Putting its development into historical context, this course will enable you to describe and interpret what you see in galleries in an increasingly constructive and engaged fashion.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

• List a number of important 20th Century art movements that have significantly influenced Contemporary Art
• Question what makes Contemporary Art distinct from what came before it
• Analyse key works and participate in discussions about them
• Identify and describe some of the important characteristics and pieces of terminology associated with Contemporary Art.

You might wish to bring a notebook. You might wish to buy some of the books on any reading list given out in class.

You will be taught with short lectures, slides, and group discussions.

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Subjects

  • Art

Course programme

• The history and development of key concepts within Contemporary Art, including:
• Conceptualism
• Appropriation
• Performance and Body Art
• Site-Specificity and Installation
• Video Art
• Just what is Contemporary Art? – A brief introduction to some of the main theoretical approaches
• Contemporary Art in its wider context: Biennials, Museums, Writers, Curators and Collectors.

Additional information

You might also be interested in: VB142 - Art evolutions: Pop to Post-Internet Art. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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