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INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY ART
FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES, CONCEPTS AND MOVEMENTS​
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Tuesdays, 19th June '18 to 17th July '18 | 7-9pm
$300 (Including GST) for 5 sessions
Early Bird Promotion until 10th June '18: $220 (Including GST)
This five session series will provide an introduction to the definition, nature and basic foundations of Contemporary Art. It will review the transition from the “Modern” to the “Contemporary” and it will analyse major issues in the agenda of Contemporary Art, with references to essential art movements and particular artists from the 1960's till today.
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1. THE PATH FROM MODERN TO CONTEMPORARY ART
Session by Rubén de la Nuez
19th June '18 | 7-9pm
Definition of ‘Modernism’ vs. ‘Avant-Garde’ (Pablo Picasso vs. Marcel Duchamp). 1960’s Pop Art as the articulation of Modernism and Avant-garde
Case studies of prominent artists include: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg…
2. ART AS IDEA
Session by Rubén de la Nuez
26th June '18 | 7-9pm
Conceptual Art Movement (art about art), anti-art, non-aesthetical or rational art. Relationship between art and language. Research-based art.
Case studies of prominent artists include: John Cage, Piero Manzoni, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer…
3. ART AS ATTITUDE
Session by Rubén de la Nuez
3rd July '18 | 7-9pm
The artist as a work of art. Performance art, Happening, Body Art. Case studies: Fluxus, Gilbert & George, Chris Burden, Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramović, Amanda Heng…
4. ART AS MATERIAL
Session by Rubén de la Nuez
10th July '18 | 7-9pm
Minimalism, Land Art, Arte Povera, Abject Art and other artistic movements engaged with aesthetical and symbolic qualities of artistic materials. Case studies: Lucio Fontana, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Dan Flavin, Dieter Roth, Doris Salcedo…
5. ART AS COMMODITY
Session by Rubén de la Nuez
17th July '18 | 7-9pm
Art market and the exchange value of the artwork as subject matter for art. Case studies: Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn, Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama…