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Debido a la importancia de la relación del arte y la política en la historia del arte, fundamentalmente en las manifestaciones artísticas de las últimas décadas del siglo XX y principios de éste, la Universidad de Londres introdujo en su departamento de artes un máster (dos años) sobre arte y política. Posteamos parte de este programa.

MA IN ARTS AND POLITICS (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)

http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-art-politics/

This programme will investigate shifts in the relationship between art and politics –theoretically, historically and operationally. Using a diverse range of discourses, the programme will consider changes in the relationship between politics and art from a variety of perspectives.

Art & Politics 1: Towards the Politicisation of Aesthetics. Considers opposing attempts in the twentieth century to prevent and/or cement the emergence of an explicit relationship between art and politics.

Art & Politics 2: Towards the Aestheticisation of Politics. Explores how (Western) artists are increasingly imbuing their work –both representational and non-objective– with explicit or implicit political meaning. Similarly, it investigates how political activists, recognising the appeal and persuasive potential of the visual image, are eager to enlist art/artists to address large segments of society. Finally, this module asks if a hybrid aesthetico-political practice is emerging in early 21st century practices.

Project work. You are required to undertake a project-based piece of work in accordance with your own political and aesthetic interests. The purpose of the project-work is to find ways of ‘doing’ politics which employ ‘artistic’ strategies and interventions in their realisation. Projects have a student-centred material focus, complementing the theoretical emphasis of core and optional modules, and will seek to raiseawareness of particular issues and draw attention to their position in the public arena.