Course detail

Paradoxes of the Contemporary Art Systems - summer

FaVU-3PARS-LAcad. year: 2011/2012

Since the half of the 19th century, the nature and characteristcs of art has been determined by a number of factors that we consider outside of the artistic sphere. However, as was the case with medieval, renaissance, or baroque art, institutional and economic factors strongly influence the understanding of an artist as an author (or auteur), of the characteristics of her/his work, and also its distribution. The subjects mainly deals with system phenomena which are usually coined as the "management system of art."

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Marek Pokorný

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Informed discussion on the issues dealt with in the subject.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of art history.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Exam.

Course curriculum

Art market institutions (the developments of the art markets, commercial galleries, auctions)
the museum as a specific and historically determined institution aimed at social and political evaluation of art, for the distribution and communication of artworks, for mediating the communication about artworks to the public (the media and their relationship to modern art, forms of artworks reflection; interpretation, critique, promotion),
various types of institutions presenting art (salons, biennals, shows, non-commercial galeries, site-specific projects),
various types of art institutions presenting and distributing art (foundations, scholarships, grants)
specific know-how about art promotion (art management).

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The subject will provide the students with a survey of historcal and contemporary working of the management system of art. It will also provide the students with basic mothodological reflection of various paradoxes (individual creative freedom vs. social and institutional determination), by which contemporary art is formed.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

tutorials

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Arthur C. Danto, Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective, Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1992 (18$)
Kesner, Ladislav: Muzejní management, Praha 2005
Robertson, Iain (ed.): Understanding international Art Markets and Managment, Londýn-New York 2005

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUD Doctoral

    branch UMVP_DP , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch UMVP_DP , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme VUD Doctoral

    branch , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Marek Pokorný