Course: Contemporary Art 2

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Course title Contemporary Art 2
Course code DVU/MSU2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kundračíková Barbora, Mgr.
Course content
1. Fine art, visual arts and images 2. Linguistic and visual turn, sound art 3. Conceptual art and limitations of the language 4. Media culture, information society 5. Materiality - from object to two-dimensional forms 6. Aesthetic experience and its reduction 7. Art as a process and experience 8. Phenomenology and the question of perception: personal, public, shared 9. Corporeality in art 10. Performative tendencies 11. Contemporary, new, authentic 12. Pictorial realism for the 21st century

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
In the course, students will learn about the main tendencies, trends, and strategies of 20th and 21st century art, its perception, and evaluation. Attention will be paid to the contemporary art world and the circumstances of artistic practice. The course aims to ask questions, and in doing so, the apparatus of contemporary visual studies will be used. The course includes analytical work with a scientific text, and the teaching also takes place in the field (galleries, studios) - this time it is connected with the revitalization of the former coal storage in the Olomouc University Hospital (SOMA: Center for Contemporary Art and Psychotherapy project).
After completing the course students will be able to basic orientation in the field of contemporary art. They will get acquainted with the basic concepts and will be able to apply them correctly. Through the exercises, they will also try different approaches to the interpretation and evaluation of a specific work of art.
Prerequisites
professional interest in contemporary art, basic orientation in its main milestones and moments

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The student is obliged to actively participate in lectures, work out assigned tasks (written as well as practical) and present a paper.
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art with the Specialization in Heritage Conservation (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): The History of Art and the Theory of Art (2020) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer