DR. MARIA ELENA BUSZEK
FINE4990: Contemporary Art: 1945 to the Present
Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-1:45am, Arts Bldg. 186

COURSE DESCRIPTION: A lecture course for students involving viewing, reading and discussion of conventions of post-1945 art including painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, design, installation, and multi-media arts.This course will survey the history of Western art from roughly the end of World War II to the present.  Since the course deals as much with history as with art, we will be exploring the different historical events, creative and technological developments, and theory/methodologies that inform the creation and analysis of the work presented in the class.

• Spring 2012 Contemporary Art syllabus

• Spring 2012 Contemporary Art "reserve" readings

• Art History links

NEW! FINAL EXAM (Thursday, May 10th) review sheet available!
WRITING AND RESEARCH: Citation style guidelines
Search the collection and databases at Auraria Library

Art since 1945 in the news:

• NEW! A "lost minimalist's" work rediscovered in Bill Bollinger at Sculpture Center
• Contemporary African artists struggle with local and global issues
• Unpopular Modernist buildings are a challenge for preservationists
• WPA and activist artist Elizabeth Catlett dies at age 96
• Robert Rauschenberg's foundation to become major grant-making organization
• Denver Museum of Contemporary Art opens More American Photographs
• Rineke Dijkstra retrospective reveals her interest in the emotional truths of youth
• RedLine Gallery in Denver opens exhibition on figurative art, The Human Touch
• Exhibition of video games opens at the Smithsonian
• Cindy Sherman retrospective opens at the Museum of Modern Art
          Read an interview with Sherman on the eve of her MoMA retrospective
• Artist Sarah Sze chosen to represent U.S. at next Venice Biennale
• Situationist-inspired artist Robert Montgomery replaces street ads with poetry
• Lucian Freud's assistant and model remembers the artist's life
          Read a review of the current exhibition of Freud's portraits in London
• Le Corbusier's famous Cite Radieuse in Marseille is damaged by fire
• Creative Time's Anne Pasternak "is changing the way we see art"
• On eve of Pace "happening" show, performers remember the era
• Punk-rock art and performance pioneer Mike Kelley dies
          Interview magazine remembers Kelley with recent interview
• Italian abstract painter Alberto Burri's diverse career revealed in retrospective
• Katy Siegel on Damien Hirst's global "spot" retrospective
        Go to Gagosian website for more information on Hirst's takeover of their galleries 
• Shirin Neshat's latest work at Barbara Gladstone gallery in NYC

Lecture links:

• NEW! Watch excerpts from Ryan Trecartin's I-BE AREA!
• NEW! Watch Takeshi Murata's "datamoshing" video Monster Movie
• Cindy Sherman talks about her work, history and the art market
• Watch excerpts of Nam Jun Paik's groundbreaking Global Groove
          Watch LOTS of legendary works from the history of new media at the Media Art Net archive!
• Watch footage of Robert Morris and his performance/media collaborations with Lynda Benglis and Carolee Schneemann
• Watch artist Judith Shimer's very funny summary of Clement Greenberg's Modernism
• Listen to recent NPR story about Pollock's influence on his 100th birthday anniversary
• Learn more about Hans Hofmann and his "push/pull" method on PBS
• Read F.T. Marinetti's groundbreaking "Futurist Manifesto!"