1. Art Worlds as Communication Networks
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, original (left) and recreations of lost 1917 “Original”
Who decides what is art?– the artist, experts, publics??

2. Art & Society example
Videoclip: Excerpt from Cai Guo-Qiang interview: Art:21(Art in the 21st Century) PBS
Olympic Ceremony Controversy (enhancement of Guo-Qiangs’s Footprints of History” firework performance

3. Today’s Class Session Schedule
Art & artists in relation to notions of reality, truth, knowledge, ‘types’ of artists & art world
Field Trip
Planning Presentation Topics and Dates

4. Field Trip : Visit of the Vancouver Art Gallery: 750 Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 2