Art History Class
Visual Culture and Art in East Asia since 1940
15 Fridays, September 4 through December 18 2015
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Place: The Center for Fiction
17 E. 47th St. New York, NY 10017
This course involves a careful examination of modern and contemporary arts of East Asia since 1940. Building up the knowledge on general history of East Asian geopolitics at the time, emphases are on early developments of photography, film, and various forms of fine arts, often in comparison with the practices in China, Japan, and Korea. At the same time, the course will explore the post-1945 artistic practices in East Asia, from artistic engagement with political activism and identity politics. We will also learn about the arts of North Korea while exploring the way in which the state has been mythologized by the outsiders.
Instructor: Jeehey Kim, Ph.D.
Jeehey Kim is PhD candidate in art history program at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is currently writing her dissertation on funerary photographic practices in East Asia. She has published in Photography and Culture, Photographies, The Trans Asian Photography.
