Vivian Bobka's area of concentration is the art, theory, and criticism of Modernism and post-Modernism, with a historical focus on the art of the 1970s. She is currently completing a study of Hanne Darboven, conceptual art, and German historical memory. Excerpts from this study have appeared online for the Dia Art Foundation. A predoctoral German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellow in Berlin, she has published journal articles, reviews, and catalog essays in the United States and Europe.