Czech

3

Not applicable.

Students will be able to lead sophisticated discussions about the main trends of contemporary art and criticism, and reflect their own work in this context.

Video, PC - pictures on CD, websites.

Not applicable.

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

classified essay, 3000 words.

The course is taught by Mgr. Lenka Sýkorová in 2009/10

Studens will acquire a deeper knowledge of current Czech art in connection to international context. The current international art scene will be also analyzed.
Students will learn to understand the discursive and insittutional changes of Czech art in the last twenty years.
Summer semester: active participation of students (ppresentation of papers, discussions).
reading theoretical texts, knowledge of current art discourse, orientation in the gallery and artistic scene.
A
Papers: (bibliograpy proposals)
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Postprodukce, Tranzit 2004
Silverio, Robert: Postmoderní fotografie, AMU 2007
Mirzoeff, Nicolase: An Introduction to Visual Culture, 1999
Kesner, Ladislav, ml.: Muzeum umění v digitální podobě. Vnímání obrazů a požitek umění v soudobé společnosti, Argo a Národní galerie v Praze, Praha 2000
Didi - Huberman, Georges: Před časem, 2008

B
analysis of selected discourses:
1. "women art" and "feminist art".
2. net art
3. public art
4. videoart
5. Czech art in the 90s - the generation of artistic personalities
6. street art
7. social intervention
8. political art

C
orientation in the gallery and artistic scene.

Not applicable.

Students will be able to analyse procdedures and issues of current art.

Attendance is mandatory.

Not applicable.

Smith, E. L.: Art today. Současné světové umění, Slovart Bratislava 1996
Dempseyová, Amy: Umělecké styly, školy a směry, Encyklopedický průvodce moderním uměním, Slovart 2002
Foster, H., Ferguson, B. W., Mairne, S.: Umění po roce 1990, Slovart 2007
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Postprodukce, Tranzit 2004
Mirzoeff, Nicolase: An Introduction to Visual Culture, 1999 (2 vydání 2009)
Medium Kurátor (editor David Korecký), Agite/Fra a VŠUP, 2009
Dějiny českého výtvarného umění 1958 - 2000 VI/2, Academia, Praha 2007
Art Now, Artists at the Rise of the New Millennium, Taschen 1999

Not applicable.

26 hours, optionally