The course focus is on European art and artists contemporary to the radical student movements of the 1960s, which exploded postwar tensions between traditional societies and new mass cultures. Topics include artists such as Joseph Beuys, VALIE EXPORT, and Gerhard Richter, and movements like Fluxus, Situationism, Nouveau Realisme, Arte Povera, and Capitalist Realism. This seminar course is reading-intensive. Readings include the authors Guy Debord, Pierre Restany, and many artists’ writings. HAAVC 3000 seminars continue developing students' visual analysis and research skills while providing students the opportunity for in-depth study of the visual/structural artifacts associated with a particular topic, region, or movement. Students will also engage with the relevant primary/secondary literature for the specific topic/theme. Courses will pay particular attention to the larger cultural, historical, and theoretical/ideological contexts in which the visual artifacts and structures under consideration were created.

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