This document discusses contemporary art from 1990-2003 and reflects on its relationship to history. It examines how artists returned to traditional forms and questioned tenets of modernism. It also explores shifting notions of identity politics and representation of race. Key topics analyzed include identity as a social construction, subversive representations of black identity, stereotypes, and the politics of identity.

1. Contemporary Issues 1990 - 2003

3. Term Presentation Pastiche

5. Portraits of Family Life Carrie Mae Weems, from the Kitchen Table Series , 1990 http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =pPDInpNoO50

6. Portraits of Community Roy DeCarava, from The Sweet Flypaper of Life , 1955

7. Subversive Beauty: Troubling Typologies of Black Identity Lorna Simpson, Waterbearer , 1986 Vermeer, Young Woman with a Water Jug , 1665 Ellen Gallagher, Mr. Terrific from the DeLuxe series, 2005

8. The Politics of Identity: The Stereotypical Grotesque http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =Nu8a7E4fhig Dave Chappelle, Tyrone Biggums: Red Balls

9. The Politics of Identity: The Stereotypical Grotesque Kara Walker, Camptown Ladies, 1998

11. The Politics of Identity: The Stereotypical Grotesque Gettysburg Cyclorama

12. Term Presentation The Abject

13. Disegno (Drawing) vs. Colorito (Color) Michelangelo, Madonna and Child Giorgione, The Tempest

14. The Odalisque: Challenging Disegno Ingres Delacroix Renoir Matisse

15. The Matrix (grid): Abstracting the Object The Grapheme: Abstracting the Subject Drawing in the 20 th Century Erasure: Abstracting Time Mondrian Pollock Kentridge

17. William Kentridge Felix in Exile 1994 http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =pk5tPkqQoL0

18. Term Presentation Palimpsest

21. Term Presentation The Sublime http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =I1jkoMfPa40 Douglas Gordon, 24 Hour Psycho (clip)

22. Pictorial Photography Henry Peach Robinson, Fading Away , 1858, Albumen print

24. Art of the 21 st Century