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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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The course acquaints the students, in two parts (along with SU 2), with the main world's representatives of individual artistic genres of the last twenty years; the courses SU 2 and SU 3 are supplemented by the course SU 4, which provides general knowledge of the main trends in the Czech current art during the said period. The course is concluded with a workshop paper. 1. Figural painting (Peter Doig, Bernhard Martin, Laura Owens). 2. The word and art in the public space (Jenny Holzer, Elisabeth Brockmann, Martin Kippenberger). 3. Multiplication and art (the origin of the idea: Duchamp, Warhol, Beuys; contemporary examples: Felix Gonzalez-Torres, the General Idea group). 4. The sculptural art and monumental projects (Jochen Gerz, Anish Kapoor, Rachel Whiteread, Rudolf Herz, Damien Hirst). 5. The spaces of light (Olafur Eliasson, Robert Gober). 6. Digital art and the Internet (Dellbrügge & de Moll, Lynn Hershman, Mark Napier, Alexei Schulgin). 7. The visual art and other artistic activities (alternative trends in film, music and dance).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Observation, Demonstration
- Class attendance
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 14 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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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. The program will also include a criticism of art by its own means, with a special emphasis on the importance of Dadaism in the context of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
To grasp knowledge of common sources of contemporary art and architecture.
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Prerequisites
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Unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Presentation of artistic and creative activities
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Recommended literature
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Hummel, J. Wiener Aktionismus. Milano, 2004.
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Kundera, L. DADA. Praha, 1983.
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Paul, CH. Digital Art. Thames & Hudson, 2003.
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Rezek, P. Tělo věc a skutečnost v současném umění. Praha, 1982.
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Ruff, T. Nudes. New York, 2003.
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Rush, M. New Media in Art. New Media in Art, Michael Rush,Thames & Hudson, 2005, 2005.
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Srp, K. Minimal & Earh & Concept Art. Praha, 1982.
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