Course: Contemporary Art 1

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Course title Contemporary Art 1
Course code KDA/SU1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Srp Karel, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The current exhibitions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Observation, Demonstration
  • Class attendance - 14 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 14 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course has a fixed structure. In the given semester responds to the latest events on the domestic and world art scene. The course focuses on the manifestations of contemporary visual arts and artistic realizations in public space. In the form of concise lectures and guided tours, it focuses on the basic directions of the development of world visual art (post-conceptual, video, action, new gender art, public art, new painting, computer art, etc.). At the same time, the emphasis is placed on immediate contact with works of art and contemporary Czech art. Its prerequisite is knowledge of the development of modern and avant-garde art of the twentieth century, which largely shaped the form of contemporary art. The result will be knowledge of the main stages of art development from some manifests and various proclamations.
To grasp knowledge of common sources of contemporary art and architecture.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of artistic and creative activities

Recommended literature
  • BENSON, O.:. Central European Avantgardes: Exchange and Transformation. Los Angeles, 2002.
  • DE MICHELI, M. Umělecké avantgardy dvacátého století. SNKLU Praha, 1959.
  • HANSEN, MARK B. N. ).: New Philosophy for New Media. The MIT Press, 2006.
  • Chalupecký, J. Úděl umělce. Duchampovské meditace. Praha, 1998.
  • Lamač, M. Myšlenky moderních malířů. Praha, 1989.
  • Mansbach, S.:. Modern art in Eastern Europe,. Cambidge University Press, 1998.
  • Martel, R. Art Acion 1958 - 1998. Québec, 2001.
  • Matthew Barney. Matthew Barney, Sammlung Götz,. München, 2007.
  • Storr, R., Cooper, D., Loock, U. Raymond Pettibon. London, 2001.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Architecture Study plan (Version): Architecture (1) Category: Architecture 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter