ART 31CModernism and Its Discontents
Art · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Art majors should complete courses 31A, 31B, and 31C in sequence in first year. Continued impact of modernist ideas from 1960s to present, covering shift from modernist to postmodernist practices and theories. Examination of critiques of modernism drawing from emancipatory movements and poststructuralist, feminist, queer, performance, postcolonial, and critical race theory.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
ART 31C
- ART 100Issues in Contemporary Art
- ART 132Survey of Critical Thought
- ART 149Advanced Interdisciplinary Studio
- ART 149AAdvanced Interdisciplinary Studio: Topics in Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 4 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.