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- Level Foundation
- المدة 12 ساعات hours
- الطبع بواسطة The Museum of Modern Art
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What is contemporary art? In this course, you’ll consider this question through more than 70 works of art made between 1980 and the present, with a focus on art from the past decade. You’ll hear directly from artists, architects, and designers from around the globe about their creative processes, materials, and inspiration. Five themes serve as your guide: Media from Television to the Internet, Territories & Transit, Materials & Making, Agency, and Power. You’ll look at 3-D–printed glass and fiber sculptures, performances in a factory and a museum, painted portraits—as well as those made with artificial intelligence—and interventions into television and video games. And much more, all drawn from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Come along as artists invite us into their studios, out into their neighborhoods, and to experiment with the materials they use. Not only will you develop a deeper understanding of how artists work today, you’ll also explore some of their many approaches to the pressing issues and questions of our time. By taking this course, you’ll gain confidence to look at contemporary art wherever you encounter it and make connections to your own life or creative practice.الوحدات
Introduction to the course
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Discussion
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Discussions
- What does contemporary art mean to you?
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- What Is Contemporary Art?
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- Welcome to the course!
- Course instructors respond: what is contemporary art?
- Suggestions for making the most of the course
- We want to hear from you
- Recordings of live virtual sessions (optional)
- MoMA resources: podcasts, art vocabulary, Magazine, and YouTube channel
Source It
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- In the studio with Arthur Jafa | "The place where images overlap is you"
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- Introduction to this week
- Arthur Jafa, APEX, 2013
- Three approaches to appropriation
Share It
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3
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- Beatriz González on her street posters in Bogotá, 1983
- Alfredo Jaar on Lament of the Images, 2002
- Dayanita Singh on Museum of Chance, 2013
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- How do artists and architects share and circulate images?
- Two interventions in television and architecture
Watch It
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- How are images used to watch and classify us?
- Surveilling, seeing, scanning
Play It
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- Susan Kare on designing the first Mac icons, 1980s
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- What do video games and computers have to do with art and design?
- JODI on turning desktop order inside out
- Serious games and artificial intelligence
Review & Respond
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Assignment
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- Memory Check
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Discussions
- Reflect & Respond: Media from Television to the Internet
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- Optional Readings & Resources
Borders & Transit
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3
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- In the studio with Rael San Fratello | Transforming the wall
- Bouchra Khalili on The Mapping Journey Project, 2008–11
- Mateo López on Travel without Movement, 2008–10
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- Introduction to this week
- Rael San Fratello, Teeter-Totter Wall, 2014
- Crossing borders
Place
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- Shellyne Rodriguez on Martin Wong, Stanton near Forsyth Street, 1983
- IRWIN on NSK Garda, 2002
- Amanda Williams on Color(ed) Theory Suite, 2014–16
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- Claiming space
- Changing states
- Sky Hopinka on Jáaji Approx., 2015
- Portfolio: Teresa Margolles, Pista de baile (Dance Floor), 2016
Review & Respond
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- Memory Check
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Discussions
- Reflect & Respond: Territories & Transit
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- Optional Readings & Resources
- Mid-course survey
What Is It Made Of?
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- At the Museum with Sheila Hicks | Form, Texture, Color
- Liz Deschenes on Tilt/Swing (360º field of vision, version 1), 2009
- Sheela Gowda on Of All People, 2011
- 3-D printed architecture with Rael San Fratello
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- Introduction to this week
- Sheila Hicks, Pillar of Inquiry/Supple Column, 2013–14
- Film, vinyl, and ultrasonic gel
How Is It Made?
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- Lady Pink on Trust visions that don't feature buckets of blood, 1983–84
- Glenn Ligon on White #19, 1994
- Amy Sillman on making and unmaking painting
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- How is contemporary art made?
- Building, painting, printing
- Luther Price, Sorry, 2005–12
Who Makes It?
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- Labor and work in contemporary art
- Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen on 75 Watt, 2013
- Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Work/Travail/Arbeid, 2017
Review & Respond
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- Memory Check
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- Reflect & Respond: Materials & Making
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- Optional Readings & Resources
Visibility
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- In New York City with Pope.L | Direct action
- Two artists consider Catherine Opie, Dyke, 1993
- Tania Bruguera on Untitled (Havana, 2000), 2000
- Luis Camnitzer on Memorial, 2009
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- Introduction to this week
- William Pope.L's New York crawls
- Yara Said on the Refugee Flag, 2016
- Firelei Báez on For Améthyste and Athénaïre (Exiled Muses Beyond Jean Luc Nancy’s Canon), Anacaonas, 2018
Voice
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- Nick Cave on Soundsuit, 2011
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- Who speaks?
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Conflicted Phonemes, 2012
- Patrick Staff on Weed Killer, 2017
Action
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3
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- Lorraine O'Grady on Mlle Bourgeoise Noire, 1980–83/2009
- Xiao Lu on Dialogue, 1989
- Ralph Borland, Suited for Subversion (Prototype), 2002
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- Taking action
- Defining and blurring identities through performance
Review & Respond
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- Memory Check
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- Reflect & Respond: Agency
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- Optional Readings & Resources
Exposing Power
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- Instructor Christian Rattemeyer on Mark Lombardi's diagrams of power
- Deana Lawson on Nation, 2017
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- Introduction to the final week
- What do war and peace have to do with chandeliers and portraits?
Abuse of Power
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- Wolfgang Tillmans on Sendeschluss / End of Broadcast I, 2014
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- How do artists critique power?
- Two responses to abuse of power
Sources of Power
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- Curator Paola Antonelli on Massoud Hassani's on Mine Kafon wind-powered deminer, 2011
- Rania Ghosn on After Oil, 2016
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- Power: sources and resources
- Outer space to inner earth
Review & Respond
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- Memory Check
- Final course reflection
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- Reflect & Respond: Power
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- Optional Readings & Resources
- End-of-course survey
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Discover "What Is Contemporary Art?" - a Coursera course exploring over 70 contemporary artworks from 1980 to today. Guided by themes like Media, Territories, Materials, Agency, and Power, you'll hear from global artists about their processes. Perfect for Arts & Humanities enthusiasts, this foundational 720-minute course offers deep insights into modern art practices and creative inspiration.
Sophie Cavoulacos
Sean Anderson
Arièle Dionne-Krosnick
Erica Papernik-Shimizu
Christian Rattemeyer