DR. MARIA ELENA BUSZEK
FINE4980/5980:Gender and Contemporary Art
T/Th 2:00-3:15pm, Tivoli 139H (Community Theater)

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will address ways in which gender issues have affected the visual arts since the early 20^th century, with an emphasis on art and culture since World War II. Students will consider how gender is relevant to the creation and study of arts and culture, and the socio-cultural factors influencing gender and sexuality in contemporary art.

• Spring 2016 Gender and Contemporary Art syllabus

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WRITING AND RESEARCH: Citation style guidelines
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Gender and art in the news:

• NEW! 9 ways feminist curator Helen Molesworth has revised art history in her new MoCA show
• NEW! Amalia Ulman's Excellences and Perfections  is Shermanesque feminism for the Instagram age
• Kara Walker's massive new work continues exploration of racism and sexism in U.S. history
• Transgender stories at the Whitney Biennial create new conversations around gender
• Does changing the visuals around feminism change perceptions?
• Feminist artist/writer Mira Schor curates exhibition on feminism and the home
              Go to the AIR Gallery website for Schor's A Womanhouse, or Roaming House? exhibition
• Queer Threads exhibition opens at Leslie + Lohman Museum in NYC
• Major retrospective of Hannah Hoch's work opens at Whitechaptel in London
• Pioneering feminist artist Faith Wilding's retrospective in Chicago
• The Guardian on new poll suggesting sexism in architecture is on the rise
• Accola Griefen opens retrospective of feminist legend Mary Beth Edelson
• Fashion team ioulex video inspired by androgynous Surrealist Claude Cahun
• New York Times film critics discuss the gender issues in The Hunger Games
• Rineke Dijkstra retrospective reveals her interest in the emotional truths of youth
• Creative Time's Anne Pasternak "is changing the way we see art"
• Nicola Tyson to read her hilarious "Letters to artists and other men" in LA
          Read Art in America's review of her NYC reading

Lecture links:

• Alternative masculinities in ad culture? The AXE "Find Your Magic" campaign