This short course offers a grounded introduction to art and visual culture as ways of seeing, shaping meaning, and producing public life. We move from key concepts—image, form, material, space, representation, and context, towards the social and political work that images do in the world. The course draws on case studies across historical and contemporary practice, with a focus on Africa and its diasporas, and is suited to newcomers as well as practitioners seeking sharper critical tools for looking, writing, and thinking with art.
This short course offers a grounded introduction to art and visual culture as ways of seeing, shaping meaning, and producing public life. We move from key concepts—image, form, material, space, representation, and context, towards the social and political work that images do in the world. The course draws on case studies across historical and contemporary practice, with a focus on Africa and its diasporas, and is suited to newcomers as well as practitioners seeking sharper critical tools for looking, writing, and thinking with art.