Avant Guard Continued
A Course by Mark Coetzee
Syllabus: Summer 2009
Daily: 3 hours in class, 1 hour 30 minutes individual research hours (Total 4 hours 30 minutes per day)
11 AM to 2 PM
June 23 to 27, 2009
Course Classroom: 504
Instructor: Mark Coetzee
Email: mark@markcoetzee.com (email contact preferred)
Introduction: This course will allow you to explore current discourses in contemporary art. Discussing fundamental and complex ideas will heighten your ability to critically evaluate your own work and that of others.
Four days will be dedicated to class discussions on three selected themes. The fifth day will be used as a critique for your own work where we will use these and other “lenses” to discuss your own studio practice.
Performance Expectations: Attendance, Completion of prescribed reading materials, Participation in class discussions, Presentations.
Attendance Policy: As this is a short but intense course it is highly recommended that students do not miss any classes.So as not to disrupt discussions, latecomers will not be admitted into the classroom after the start of a session.It is the student’s responsibility to see his / her professor to make up any work due to an absence.
Gallery and Museum Visits: It is essential that on a daily basis you visit as many galleries and museums as possible. Looking at other artists’ work is an ongoing activity that should become a habit. In each of these visits you should try to use the discussions in class to look at the exhibitions, and the art they present.
