Course detail

The Art of the Object - winter

FaVU-3UOB-ZAcad. year: 2011/2012

The aim of this seminar is to describe by means of phenomenology and philosophical-historical analysis the construction of imanent art category (that of the object) which defines the specific kind of relevant artworks. The methodology will unite historical and theoretical approach to parallel, inverse, and complementary phenomena connected to immanent artistic issues and to broader discourse on art.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. et. Mgr. Petr Ingerle

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of the art of theobject in historical perspective.

Prerequisites

Good 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

Oral exam.

Course curriculum

- the kunstkamera in the 16th century, trompe l'oeil
- the object in pre-war and interwar Czech avantgarde
- the magical object
- concrete objects as "morphological metaphors" (Railich - photogpraphy]
- the natural object (Skala)
- objets trouves (Rykr)
- Duchamp's ready-made
- the object and its found form (the sphere, the cube, etc..)
- the object in 1950s nad 1960s art, pop art
- surrealism
- Joseph Cornell
- sulpture and object
- sculptures as obejcts, wax sculptures

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To provide characteristics of 20th century art obejcts as a specific artistic kind. We will confront formal andreceptive differences between objects and sculptures, objects and images; we will discuss the relationship of a specific medium to specific space, material, etc. The historical approach of object art as a paralell medium representing the subversive aspect of europeantradition of representation is one of the "anti-art" strategies.

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

Lectures, tutorials.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Abject Art - repulsion and desire in american art, Whitney Museum of America, 1993
Alberto Giacometti, Moje skutečnost, Praha 1998
Antonin Kosik, "Paradox výtvarného kritika", in: Michal Blažek Sochy (katalog k vystavě), Praha 2000
Clement Greenberg, The New Sculpture, in: Art and Sculpture, 1960
G. Didi-Huberman, Rovina materiálu. Tvárnost, znepokojení, přežívání, Umění XLVI/1998
Günther Uecker, Der geschundene Mensch (Týraný člověk) katalog výstavy, Stuttgart 1993
Michael Fried, Art and Objecthood (Umění a objektovost), 1967 - polemika s minimalistickými umělci 60. let (Donald Judd, Robert Morris)
Modern Stars, kat.The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1999 - 2000
Petr Rezek "K jednomu programu a jeho impulzům", in: České umění 1939 - 1999 Programy a impulzy (sborník sympozia) s. 121 - 123, AVU v Praze
Rossalind E. Krauss, Passages in Modern Sculpture, London 1977
Willy Rotzler, Objekt-Kunst, Köln 1972
Z. Rykr Elegie avantgardy, katalog výstavy V. Lahoda, Praha 2000
Zdeněk Palcr, Giacomettiho postřeh; sborník textů Z. Palcra, Litoměřická galerie

Type of course unit

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. et. Mgr. Petr Ingerle

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

The Art of the Object - winter

Type of course unit