Critical Theories

Critical Theories 2+1

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Aims:

This course maps the critical theories and discourses that inform the production and reception of contemporary art

Topics:

1. The Avant-Garde and the Critical Function of Art (Theodor Adorno, Peter Burger)

2. Politics and the Institution of Art

3. Art and Social Inequalities (Marx, Bourdieu, Ranciére, Badiou, Zizek)

4. Spectacle and the Everyday (Debord, Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau and Georges Perec

5. Participation art (Claire Bishop, Boris Groys)

6. Dialogue and the Gift Economy (Nicolas Bouriaud, Grant Kester, Homi Bhabha)

7. Identity: non-western art

8. Identity: black art

9. Identity: woman art (Judit Butler)

10. Psychoanalysis and art (Julia Kristeva)

11. Ecological perspective and arts

12. Global and local

13. Conclusive discussions