Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Final Paper: Artistic Freedom, Censorship, Fair Use

Your final paper of the semester will make an argument about a particular and specific debate in contemporary art culture. Should artists be free to make, exhibit, and publish anything they want? Are there limits? Where? Why? 

In your 5-7 double-spaced essay (MLA format), you will make your case supported by secondary sources. This essay will be due precisely one hour before our final class meeting of the semester: May 3 for the M/W section, and May 4 for the T/R sections. 


Let's get started with a case in the news today:

Here's a link to David Barsalou's "Deconstructing Lichtenstein" scholarship. A good scholar is very much like a detective. (Click on the side arrows to see more examples).

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