DU1718 The Art of the Contemporary World

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 K32, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course will open up questions on contemporary art and search for answers. Contemporary art will be studied not only in the actual social and political context but also in the continuity to modern tendencies of twentieth century art.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to interpret contemporary art not only in terms of formal analysis but also to find its meaning in wider culture, social and political context.
Syllabus
  • The themes and problems will change according to the current situation. The starting points could be: 1. Art and visual culture. 2. Author, individuality, identity 3. Spectacular or conceptual? 4. Further ways of "sculpture in the expanded field" 5. Reality, fiction, simulacrum 6. Art and politics,artistic activism 7. Local, national, international, global 8. Return to the past, apropriation, reinterpretation 9. Reflection of the problematic periods of Czech and European history in art and human destinies.
Literature
  • Art in public dialogue : memoir volume from the International Symposium on the Mediation of Contemporary art : Brno, 7th-9th October 1999 (Souběž.) : Umění v dialogu s veřejností : Brno 7.-9.10.1999 : sborník z mezinárodního sympozia o zprostředkování so. info
  • WILLIAMS, Gilda. How to write about contemporary art. First published. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014, 264 stran. ISBN 9780500291573. info
  • HOFFMANN, Jens. Show time : the 50 most influential exhibitions of contemporary art. 1st pub. in the United Kingd. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014, 256 s. ISBN 9780500239117. info
  • LEE, Pamela M. New games : postmodernism after contemporary art. Edited by Johanna Burton. First published. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013, xxxi, 251. ISBN 9780415988803. info
  • ZABEL, Igor. Contemporary art theory. Edited by Igor Španjol. Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2012, 297 s. ISBN 9782840665731. info
  • BUSKIRK, Martha. Creative enterprise : contemporary art between museum and marketplace. New York, N.Y.: Continuum, 2012, x, 377. ISBN 9781441133397. info
  • DRDOVÁ, Lucie. Czech contemporary art guide. Edited by Lucie Ševčíková - Eva Žáková, Translated by Philip Jones. 1st ed. Praha: Arts and Theatre Institute, 2012, 78 s. ISBN 9788070082942. info
  • SMITH, Terry. Contemporary art : world currents. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2011, 348 stran. ISBN 9781856697163. info
  • DANIEL, Birnbaum and Butler CORNELIA. Defining contemporary art. London: Phaidon, 2011, 480 pp. ISBN 978-0-7148-6209-5. info
  • Chance : documents of contemporary art. Edited by Margaret Iversen. First published. London: Whitechapel Gallery, 2010, 238 stran. ISBN 9780262513920. info
  • Contemporary art and memoryimages of recollection and remembrance. Edited by Joan Gibbons. London: I.B. Tauris, 2007, xiv, 189 p. ISBN 1845116194. info
  • ARAEEN, Rasheed. Contemporary art and the museum : a global perspective. Edited by Peter Weibel - Andrea Buddensieg. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, 254 s. ISBN 9783775719339. info
  • The art of the 20th century. the birth of contemporary art. Edited by Timothy Stroud. 1st pub. in Italy. Milano: Skira, 2007, 448 s. ISBN 9788861301948. info
  • STALLABRASS, Julian. Contemporary art : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 154 s. ISBN 9780192806468. info
  • Contemporary art and anthropology. Edited by Arnd Schneider - Christopher Wright. English edition, first publi. Oxford: Berg, 2006, xv, 223. ISBN 1845201027. info
  • Contemporary art : from studio to situation. Edited by Claire Doherty. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2004, 191 s. ISBN 1904772064. info
  • DANTO, Arthur C. After the end of art : contemporary art and the pale of history. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1997, xx, 239. ISBN 0691002991. info
  • Theories and documents of contemporary art : a sourcebook of artists' writings. Edited by Kristine Stiles - Peter Howard Selz. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, xxii, 1003. ISBN 0520202538. info
Teaching methods
lecture as a starting point, following reactions and confrontations of opinions.
Assessment methods
15 pages essay on a given topics.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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