Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism
X491 (2 semester units in Art History)
This course offers you the essential tools needed to discuss and analyze contemporary art. Through an exploration of a wide range of writing on art theory, aesthetics, and criticism, as well as the direct experience of art works in museums and galleries, you develop your ability to engage in critical thinking, discussion, and writing about this challenging genre of art.
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Mon. March 3, San Francisco
DEWITT CHENG, M.F.A., is an artist, art writer, and curator who has written for Artweek, ARTnews, art ltd., Coagula, Contemporary Impressions, and The California Printmaker, as well as for galleries and artists. He is a contributing editor of the online San Francisco Art Magazine and has published other Web articles at Slurry Magazine, Daily Gusto, Eye of the Art, Art For Real, Art Revolutionaries, and Shotgun Review. Recently, he curated "Hybrids: The New Surrealists" at the Peninsula Museum of Art and exhibited work at the Euphrat Museum. He is currently serving as juror for UCSF's Art for AIDS 11th Annual Auction.
- 10 meetings
- March 3 to May 5: Mon., 6:30-9:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 214, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $435 (EDP 013870)
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
three times a year in early April, July and December.