ARTH 375 Issues in the Montreal Art Milieu: Art and Visual Culture in Montreal: the 1960s, 70s, and 80s
- Tuesdays, 14:45-17:15 pm
- Course delivery TBA
- Instructor: Dr. Johanne Sloan
This course is concerned with the transformation of both art and visual culture in Montreal over a period of three decades in the late 20th century: the 60s, 70s, and 80s. We will look at Expo 67 and the Ti-Pop art movement of the 1960s, Conceptual Art initiatives of the 70s, and the Postmodernist scene of the 1980s. Throughout this period there were indeed art movements, artistic tendencies, ideas and theories that circulated internationally and nationally, but that were taken up by local artists so that the art became rooted in Montreal in meaningful ways. These decades were tumultuous in social and political terms, and so this course will also feature examples of visual culture that flourished alongside the production of art: we will look at photography, posters, print culture, and/or comics related to the Québécois nationalist movement, feminist politics, protests by Black students, Indigenous projects, gay rights, urban activism, countercultural practices, and the anti- Vietnam War movement. Students will have the opportunity to explore research projects related to this dynamic episode in the history of Montreal.