READ this article about Robert Rauschenberg and Modernism vs. Postmodernism.

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    a.  In what ways does art reflect changes as a result of "global unrest," "the counterculture," and "the dynamics of power?"  (See pages 969-970.
    b.  What are the sources of the universal themes seen in  abstract expressionism?  (See discussion on pages 972-975).
    c.  What is the difference between the gestural abstractionists and the chromatic abstractionists?  Provide examples!  (See pages 972-977).
    d.  How is "Pop Art" different from post-painterly abstraction, hard edge, minimalism, and conceptualism? (See pages 981-985).
    e.  What are some of the alternatives to modernist formalism?  (See discussion on pages 987-989.
    f.  Why was modernist architecture seen as being 'restrictive,' and how is post-modern architecture different?  (See pages 1059-1067).
   h.  How does Post-Modernism embody multiculturalism, racism,  feminism, gender roles and other political issues in art?  (See discussions on pages 989-1002)).
    i.   How have performance art and new media art altered our concepts of space and art?  (See pages 1017-1024).

      a.  Compare the outcomes of gestural abstraction between Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) by Jackson Pollock (page 972) and Woman I by Willem de Kooning (page 974).

      b.   Examine Barnett Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimus (page 974),  Mark Rothko's No. 14 (page 975) and Donald Judd's Untitled (page 979).  Discuss how these works of art can be understood in terms of "rationality, reduction, and spare universal aesthetics."

      c.   How do Tropical Garden II by Louise Nevelson (page 980) and Cumul I by Louise Bourgeois (page 980) address postmodern issues of multiplicity of meaning and form?

      d.   What are the artistic devices addressed in Richard Hamilton's Just What Is It That Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? (page 981) and in Jasper John's Flag (page 982)?

      e.   Examine the Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol (page 984).  View Warhol's poster "Marilyn Green, Pink, Red, and Gold."

      f.    Explore the issues of "superrealism" in Chuck Close's Big Self-Portrait (page 986) and in Duane Hanson's Supermarket Shopper (page 987).

      g.   Examine the site-specific and environmental art of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (page 1014) and Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Surrounded Islands  (page 1015).  Also view Christo and Jeanne-Claude's current project, "The Gates."
 

    a)  Visit the Walker Art Center to explore several exhibits -- current and past -- in "Art in our Time: 1950 to the Present."

    b)   View exhibits and collections at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art .

    c)  Visit the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, to explore the works of Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Claus Oldenberg, and others.

    d)   Browse the Latin American art collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art!

See if you can locate a contemporary San Antonio artist on the Internet...send the name of the artist, the URL, and a brief description of the artist's work to me.
That's all, folks.