ART 31C
Modernism 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.
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Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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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.





