Czech

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Students will know the work of the important artists and artistic groups, they are aware of the role of regional art centers and they know their representants. They are able to reflect the development of contemporary Czech art in the international context.

Students must have a general knowledge of 20th century art.

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

Written exam.

1. Art of the former Eastern-Bloc : Sanja Ivekovic, Mladen Stilinović, Julius Koller, Stano Filko, IRWIN, Zbigniew Libera, Pawel Althamer, Ilja Kabakov, Komar a Melamid, Nedko Solakov…
2. Art of the Latin America. The 1960s and 1970s: from the abstraction towards an engaged art: Lygia Pape, Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Cildo Meireles, Rosario Group. 1980s and 1990s: Gabriel Orozco, Felix Gonzales Torres, Minerva Cuevas, Francis Alys, Santiago Sierra, Alfredo Jaar.
3. Social turn in the contemporary art. Projects based on the addressing political and social issues, and employing participation of the viewer who become collaborators. The main representatives of this tendency.
4. Installation art. A “politics of installation” (installation as the tool to erode boundaries between artists and curators, theory of installation – Boris Groys, Claire Bishop). Installation styles – an overview of the installation art since 1970s.
5. Institutional structure of the Czech art after 1990: museums of art, galleries, foundations, prizes, art schools, art magazines. Local Czech artistic scene versus contemporary international art.
6. De-politization, re-politization. Two tendencies in Czech art of the 90s. Reverbation of the trancendetal tendencies in art. The critical and curating activities of the Ševčíks. Art activism at the beginning of the millenium (Pode Bal, Rafani, Jan Jakub Kotík, Guma Guar).
7. The "insiders" generation. Sentivity, decency, social issues, DIY aesthetics, local-specific art.
8. Czech painting since 1990s, artists, the debate on painting. Survey collective exhibitions supporting the medim. Collecting.
9. Photography in the contemporary Czech art: artist, curators.
10. Czech (neo)conceptual art of the late 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century.
11. "Regional art scenes" - Ostrava, Ústí nad Labem. Art in the country.
12. The art scene in Brno since 1980s.

Not applicable.

Students will learn about the main tendencies in international and Czech art and its social context after 1990.

Attendance at lectures is not mandatory.

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BOIS – BUCHLOH – FOSTER – KRAUSSOVÁ, Umění po roce 1900. Praha: Slovart, 2007. (EN)
Kolektiv autorů, Dějiny českého výtvarného umění VI (1958 – 2000), svazek 2. Praha: Academia, 2007. (CS)

MACHARÁČKOVÁ, Marcela (ed.). Brněnská osmdesátá. Brno : Muzeum města Brna ve spolupráci s TT klubem, 2010 (CS)
MORGANOVÁ, Pavlína (ed.), Začátek století, Plzeň - Řevnice: Západočeská galerie v Plzni - Arbor vitae, 2012. (CS)