Course: Contemporary Art

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Course title Contemporary Art
Course code KUM/SU3
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Srp Karel, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the subject matter, structure, and purpose of the course, conducted through direct engagement with contemporary art 2nd - 3rd lecture: excursion to current exhibitions 4th - 5th lecture: excursion to current exhibitions 6th - 7th lecture: excursion to current exhibitions 8th - 9th lecture: excursion to current exhibitions 10th - 11th lecture: excursion to current exhibitions 12th - 13th lecture: excursion to current exhibitions 14th Text as a tool of interpretation (instructions and guidelines for submitting the final graded assignment concluding the semester) The selection of specific excursions with accompanying lectures always depends on the current range of exhibitions, artistic interventions in public space, newly reconstructed or opened exhibition venues, monuments, architecture, or any other relevant manifestations related to contemporary art.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course deals with the latest trends in the free, marginal as well as applied art.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Knowledge and the ability to argue are assessed through discussions held directly at the sites of installations and exhibitions, in immediate and direct contact with artworks, environments, architecture, and public space. The ability to work with acquired knowledge is evaluated through a final essay. Essay topics are announced in advance and are based on the exhibitions and artistic projects visited during the semester. Both the content and the formal aspects of the essay are evaluated (use of references, structure of the text, argumentation skills, use of examples, authenticity and readability of the text, ability to use appropriate academic vocabulary, etc.). A minimum of 75% attendance at lectures and excursions is required for the essay to be accepted. The required study literature for passing the course is based on the current selection of catalogues, monographs, press releases, and other materials published in connection with specific exhibitions visited during the semester.The choice of literature is therefore directly related to the exhibitions and artistic projects that students encounter within the course.The listed titles serve as a general foundation for the subject.
Recommended literature
  • aktuální nabídka katalogů, monografií, tiskových zpráv a ostatních materiálů vydaných ke konkrétním výstavám navštívených v rámci předmětu za daný semestr. .
  • ANDRÁS, Edit. Kulturní převlékání: umění na troskách socialismu a na vrcholcích nacionalismu.. Hradec Králové, 2023. ISBN 978-80-87605-65-3.
  • BELŠÍKOVÁ, Šárka a BINDER, Ivo (ed.). Posvátné umění v nesvaté době: české sakrální umění 1948-1989.. Olomouc, 2022. ISBN 978-80-88103-93-6.
  • EXPORT, Valie, FOLIE, Sabine (ed.). VALIE EXPORT: archive matters: Dokumente lesen und zeigen. Köln:, 2021. ISBN 978-3-7533-0088-7.
  • HALÍK, Pavel. Česká architektura 50. let: studie o střetu funkcionalismu a konstruktivismu s ideovými východisky socialistického realismu.. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-7564-088-8.
  • JÄGER, Joachim a MARLIN, Constanze von (ed.). Neue Nationalgalerie: Mies van der Rohe's museum. Berlin, 2021. ISBN 978-3-422-98652-7.
  • KOŠNAROVÁ, Veronika. Na okraj literární tvorby českých výtvarníků. Praha, 2024. ISBN 978-80-200-3515-8.
  • KUBÍČEK, Tomáš; PAPOUŠEK, Vladimír a SKALICKÝ, David (ed.). Slovníky modernistů a paradigmata moderny.. Praha, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7470-294-5.
  • MACRITCHIE, Lynn; KUDIELKA, Robert a HARTLEY, Craig, TOMMASINI, Alexandra a GUBAY, Rosa (ed.). Bridget Riley: the complete prints 1962 - 2020. Fifth revised and expanded edition. London, 2020. ISBN 978-0-500-97109-3.
  • SMART, Pamela. Rothko Chapel - an oasis for reflection. New York, 2021. ISBN 978-0-8478-6751-6.
  • WINZELER, Marius a HARTMANN, Ivan. O vidění: jak porozumět starému umění. Brno, 2023. ISBN 978-80-7485-271-8.


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