This course investigates what constitutes the ‘public’ and the ‘private’ domain in the arenas of art and visual culture. Provocative iconography, matters of race, nationality, sexuality, language, and identity in artistic practice, issues of censorship, controversial shows and exhibitions, the ethics of propriety and impropriety will be considered. Artists such as Linda Montano, Andres Serrano, Keith Haring, Annie Sprinkle, Robert Mapplethorpe and others will be discussed. (Offered in odd-numbered years.)
