This course provides an introduction to 20th and 21st century art in Latin America. Through the  study of key artists, movements, and works of art, we will explore the entanglements between  politics and aesthetics in Latin America, with a particular focus on art as a practice of intervention  and social critique. Towards this end, we will examine the relationship of art and visual culture to  a range of social phenomena, including nationalism; modernization; countercultural and  revolutionary movements; political repression under military dictatorships; cross-border  migration; and globalization. We will consider how artists’ engagements with these themes have  contributed to conversations around a number of conceptual and theoretical concerns, and trace  these contributions through close readings of images, manifestos, critical essays and curatorial  statements. Students will gain understanding of stylistic developments in Latin American art  throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, develop formal analysis skills, and hone their ability to  interpret visual texts through short writing assignments.

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