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 1031-1036).
    b.  What are the sources of the universal themes seen in  abstract expressionism?  (See discussion on pages 1037-1039).
    c.  What is the difference between the gestural abstractionists and the chromatic abstractionists?  Provide examples!  (See pages 1038-1039).
    d.  What are the essentials in art, according to post-painterly abstraction, hard edge, minimalism, and conceptualism? (See pages 1040-1043).   Also see the inset on the "Power of Minimalism," page 1044.
    e.  What are some of the alternatives to modernist formalism?  (See discussion on pages 1043-1045).
    f.  Why was modernist architecture seen as being 'restrictive,' and how is post-modern architecture different?  (See pages 1059-1067).
    g.  What are some of the issues and themes of Neo-Expressionism and how has it 'changed' art history lessons?  (See pages 1068-1070).
    h.  How does Post-Modernism embody multiculturalism, racism,  feminism, gender roles and other political issues in art?  (See discussions on pages 1070-1081).
    i.   How have the new video and digital technologies altered our concepts of space and art?  (See pages 1082-1086).

      a.  Compare the outcomes of gestural abstraction between
Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist) by Jackson Pollock (page 1037) and
Woman I by Willem de Kooning (page 1038).

      b.   Examine Barnett Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimus (page 1039) and Donald Judd's Untitled (page 1043).  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 1044) and Cumul I by Louise Bourgeois (page 1045) address postmodern issues of multiplicity of meaning
and form?  View a similar Nevelson work at the Albright-Knox Gallery.

      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 1051) and in Jasper John's Flag (page 1052)?

      e.   Examine the Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol (page 1054).  View Warhol's poster "Marilyn Green, Pink, Red, and Gold."

      f.   Examine the site-specific and environmental art of Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (page 1057) and Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Surrounded Islands  (page 1058).  Also view Christo and Jeanne-Claude's current project, "The Gates."
 

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

    b)   See the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art collection that includes Koons, Rauschenberg, Kiefer and more!

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

    d)   Explore contemporary art of the Americas at the Museum of Latin American 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.