Any topic (writer’s choice)

Any topic (writer’s choice)

You must write a final paper, as a form of critical meditation, on one (or more) case study artworks or exhibitions covered in class. This paper must also address, in depth, 2 -3 texts covered in class. Only one text may be from the same week as the case study. The idea is to reflect upon a combination of artworks and texts covered over the entire 10 weeks of our class. Your questions are prompts for you to return to the artworks/exhibitions/texts and dig deeper on what you initially found interesting. Please reference the Chicago Manuel of Style for footnotes etc. (posted on canvas)

Case Studies
You may select from either the case studies covered in required reading and/or those case studies covered in the supplemental reading. You may add other artworks to the discussion, but you must focus your primary analysis on a case study work covered in class. These include:

Oscar Masotta, To Induce the Spirit of the Image, week two, Thinking
Mary Kelly, The Practical Past, week three, Hermeneutics
Alexandra Weltz & Andreas Pichler, Negri: The Revolt that Never Ends, week four, Empire
Marcel Duchamp, The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition, week five, Readymade
Jim Hubbard, United in Anger: A History of ACT UP, week six, AIDS demographics
Elisabeth Sussman, et. al., 1993 Whitney Biennial, week seven, Identity Politics
Yael Bartana, What if Women Ruled the World? week eight, Feminism/Resistance
Omar Mismar, Schmitt, You and Me, week nine, Friend/Enemy
Koki Tanaka, A Piano Played by Five Players at Once, week ten, Performance/Community