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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.

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Inglés (English)

Subtítulos: Inglés (English), Español (Spanish)

Habilidades que obtendrás

CreativityArtHistoryMuseumsArt History

Certificado para compartir

Obtén un certificado al finalizar

100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

Fechas límite flexibles

Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.

Nivel principiante

Aprox. 11 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

Subtítulos: Inglés (English), Español (Spanish)

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Calificación del contenido97%(16,847 calificaciones)

Semana

1

Semana 1

1 hora para completar

Introduction to What Is Contemporary Art?

1 hora para completar

1 video (Total 1 minutos), 6 lecturas

1 video

What Is Contemporary Art?51s

6 lecturas

Welcome to the course!10m

Course instructors respond: what is contemporary art?10m

Suggestions for making the most of the course10m

We want to hear from you10m

Virtual Office Hours (optional)10m

Resources: MoMA podcasts, art vocabulary, Magazine, and YouTube channel10m

Semana

2

Semana 2

2 horas para completar

Media from Television to the Internet

2 horas para completar

5 videos (Total 14 minutos), 11 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

5 videos

In the studio with Arthur Jafa | "The place where images overlap is you"3m

Beatriz González on her street posters in Bogotá, 19832m

Alfredo Jaar on Lament of the Images, 20021m

Dayanita Singh on Museum of Chance, 20133m

Susan Kare on designing the first Mac icons, 1980s3m

11 lecturas

Introduction to this week10m

Arthur Jafa, APEX, 201310m

Three approaches to appropriation10m

How do artists and architects share and circulate images?10m

Two interventions in television and architecture10m

How are images used to watch and classify us?10m

Surveilling, seeing, scanning10m

What do video games and computers have to do with art and design?10m

JODI on turning desktop order inside out10m

Serious games and artificial intelligence10m

Optional Readings & Resources10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Memory Check

Semana

3

Semana 3

2 horas para completar

Territories & Transit

2 horas para completar

6 videos (Total 17 minutos), 9 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

6 videos

In the studio with Rael San Fratello | Transforming the wall5m

Bouchra Khalili on The Mapping Journey Project, 2008–113m

Mateo López on Travel without Movement, 2008–102m

Shellyne Rodriguez on Martin Wong, Stanton near Forsyth Street, 19831m

IRWIN on NSK Garda, 20021m

Amanda Williams on Color(ed) Theory Suite, 2014–162m

9 lecturas

Introduction to this week10m

Rael San Fratello, Teeter-Totter Wall, 201410m

Crossing borders10m

Claiming space10m

Changing states10m

Sky Hopinka on Jáaji Approx., 201510m

Portfolio: Teresa Margolles, Pista de baile (Dance Floor), 201610m

Optional Readings & Resources10m

Mid-course survey5m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Memory Check

Semana

4

Semana 4

2 horas para completar

Materials & Making

2 horas para completar

7 videos (Total 20 minutos), 10 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

7 videos

At the Museum with Sheila Hicks | Form, Texture, Color4m

Liz Deschenes on Tilt/Swing (360º field of vision, version 1), 20091m

Sheela Gowda on Of All People, 20113m

3-D printed architecture with Rael San Fratello4m

Lady Pink on Trust visions that don't feature buckets of blood, 1983–842m

Glenn Ligon on White #19, 19941m

Amy Sillman on making and unmaking painting1m

10 lecturas

Introduction to this week10m

Sheila Hicks, Pillar of Inquiry/Supple Column, 2013–1410m

Film, vinyl, and ultrasonic gel10m

How is contemporary art made?10m

Building, painting, printing10m

Luther Price, Sorry, 2005–1210m

Labor and work in contemporary art10m

Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen on 75 Watt, 201310m

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Work/Travail/Arbeid, 201710m

Optional Readings & Resources10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Memory Check

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What will I get if I purchase the Certificate?

When you purchase a Certificate you get access to all course materials, including graded assignments. Upon completing the course, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
What is the refund policy?

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What Is Contemporary Art?