Through selected readings and discussions about exhibitions and art institutions, this seminar will critically analyze the work of artists and curators from the late 1980s to the present who engage with questions of nation state, immigration, and colonialism. The course will focus on the impact of large- and small-scale institutions in Germany, Italy, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, France, and Sweden in shaping an aesthetics of the postcolonial. Students will become familiar with curatorial strategies in contemporary exhibition and institution practices.--Theory courses are designed to hone students' critical skills through intensive reading and writing assignments. Recent course topics have included gender, ethics, disease, aesthetics, and discourse on global art movements of the past 50 years.

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