| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art After 1960 and Interpretation I | GSF301 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Fall | 2 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Osman ODABAŞ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explain art from specifically 1960s to date.
2) State the differences in the historical process of art.
3) Explain how definition of art changed with changes in political and economic structure of society.
4) Develop a strategy based on artists’ statements.
5) Define production-consumption relations and the criterias determining value of art.
6) Recognize contemporary art.
7) Construct a jargon according to today's conditions.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 2 | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | |
| 3 | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | |
| 6 | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | |
| 7 | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
In this course, which includes technical and practical studies, information about art movements and groups after 1945-Action, Happening, Expedient, Terrestrial Art, Conceptual Art, Body Art, Fluxus etc.- are given and works in these concepts are analysed. Besides, the artistic projects which are developed individually by the students are evaluated according to their subject, design and practice.
Weekly Schedule
1) European art during and folllowing the year 1900, The reasons why the course is more about the history of anarcism rather than that of art. Relationshipsacross genres, manifestations and criteria for timeless art.2) Changes in art every two decades. Difficulty in appreciation of arts due to personal perceptions two deades ago, and the need to keep up with daily perceptions in order to appreciate art and impossibility of persistent art without words, which come into existence through daily interactions.
3) What is Context? Projected display of works of selected artists and the contexts and elicit possible contexts from students. Reflecting upon such artists as Daniel Buren, Catellan, Suh Do Hoh, Alicia Framis, Serkan Ozkaya, Ron Mueck, Louis Bourgeois, Daniel Buren, Damien Hirst, Christo who placed their distinct realities in distinct contexts and understand the criteria for persistence works of art through genres and asrtists that shaped modern art.
4) Marcel Duchamp and Dadaism.
5) Fluxus art movement
6) Snapshot Aesthetics (Snapshot aesthetic), Junk, Hard Edge,
7) Kinetic Art, Assamblaj, Color Space (Color Field), Art Brut
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Cobra, Semiotics (semiotics), art, Abstract Expressionism, and All Over - Jackson Pollack
10) Accumulation, Arta Povera, Dekolaj, Art in Action (Action Art), Hairdressing Photo
11) Funk, Formalism, Minimalism
12) Funk, Formalism, Structural Art, happenings, performance art, body art (body art)
13) Conceptual Art and the relationship of abstract expressionism.
14) Art institutions, biennials and major events
15) What is independent art and artist? How to relate them to the ontological feature of art?
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Demonstration
5) Brain Storming
6) Case Study
7) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
40% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required