Just pick 1 question from A and 1 from B! (either 1 or 2 from each section)
A. Write a 2 page (no less than 400 words, double-spaced, Times Roman12pt) essay on one of the following topics. Include at least 4 artists and 4 specific artworks in your essay. This is not a research paper but a way for you to consider, organize and discuss aspects of Contemporary Art drawing from lectures, discussions, presentations, readings and analysis of specific works of art. (35% of final exam)
Discuss the ways in which contemporary art addresses questions of identity. In your discussion, consider this question, “Does the viewer require a narrative to fully experience the artwork or is the content accessible without additional information or text?”
2. In discussions of Post-Modernism, art is often perceived as process, performance, production and a recycling of culture authenticated by audience. Discuss any or all of these characteristics as seen in the practice of art after the 1960s.
B. Write a 1 page (no less than 150 words, double-spaced, Times Roman12pt) essay on one of the following topics. Include at least 3 artists and 3 specific artworks in your essay. (15% of final)
1. Discuss the Pluralistic decade of the 1970s. What tendencies and/or movements emerged? Describe at least three of the movements discussing specific artists and works.
2. Discuss the movement of Neo-Expressionism, citing at least three artists who are labeled as Neo-Expressionists. What similarities and differences exist among the artists who are labeled Neo-Expressionists?
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