Modern/Contemporary Art and Archaeology Program
Overview
The modern/contemporary program investigates the dynamic role played by art and visual culture in the transformations of the world since the late 18th century. The program is global in scope, covering not only the traditional metropolitan centers of modernism in Europe but also the outposts and countercurrents in the United States, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Our faculty explore art at the intersections of disparate or clashing groups-between aboriginal and settler cultures, exiles and host nations, racially privileged groups and their others. With the additions of Terry Smith and Gao Minglu, the program now has deep strength in the art of contemporaneity in all its contradictions and disparities, which have become even more painfully visible since 9.11.01. Supported by a strong, interdisciplinary Cultural Studies Program and university-wide area studies programs for East Asia, Latin America, Russia and Eastern Europe, and Western Europe, the modern/contemporary program also capitalizes on the diverse strengths of a leading research university.
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