ARTH 267 Art in Germany: 1960 to the Present (Not offered 2006-2007; to be offered 2007-2008)
An examination of the extraordinary ferment in the visual arts in Germany from
1960 to the present. Beginning with the work of Joseph Beuys, the course will
explore, through lecture and discussion, developments in painting, sculpture,
and photography, including the work of such artists as Georg Baselitz, Bernd
and Hilla Becher, Bernhard and Anna Blume, Rebecca Horn, Anselm Kiefer,
Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Rosemarie Trockel, Thomas Schütte, and
Thomas Struth. Among the issues to be examined will be German art and
historical memory; "Neo-Expressionism"; the rediscovery of alchemy; and the
German reception of Pop Art. This lecture course may be taken for seminar
credit. Extra seminar sessions will be held outside of the regular lectures for
enrolled graduate students.
Requirements: attendance at lectures, completion of all required reading, an oral
report, to be presented in revised, written form at semester's end, and a
ten-minute critical commentary on another student's oral report.