AAAS 88.19 Contemporary African American Visual Artists

This course provides an overview of contemporary African American visual artists and their cultural impact. Attention will be given to significant artists and movements (Kara Walker, Kyle Baker, Kehinde Wiley, Afro-Futurism, etc.) and to the new conceptualizations in art history brought about by them. Students will gain critical skills of visual literacy as they analyze drawings, paintings, and other visual media, while also learning to ground such observations within aesthetic, cultural, historical, and larger theoretical contexts. Student work will consist of presentations, short papers, and a gallery project, in which students present their own independent research in a collaborative student show. Open to all.

Instructor

Chaney

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:ART; WCult:W

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