The course is devoted to contemporary art in Central European region and issues connected with this geographical and cultural phenomenon. It deals with delimitation, identity and current self-reflection of this region and art in individual countries determined by international and national trends and traditions. The subject contributes to understanding diversities of national cultures and follows their mutual influence and penetration, including impulses coming from the Western culture and extra-European cultures. The theme of this course is a reflection of the "post-soc" environment in the art of Central Europe, including a lecture on the historical and political context of the countries in the former "socialist" bloc. It focuses on presentation of exhibition and research projects aimed inter alia at establishing new terminology and methodology for analysis of art in the region. 1. The introduction - general overview of the situation. 2. Analysis of the Interpol exhibition at Fargfabriken, Stockholm, 1996. 3. The brief summary of the history of post-WWII Central Europe until present time. 4. Exhibitions, research projects and conferences aiming to discuss art since 1989 of the region. 5. Analysis of art of O. Kulik from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 6. Interpretation of art of O. Kulik from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 7. Analysis of art of T. Stauby from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 8. Interpretation of art of T. Stauby from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 9. Analysis of art of D. Cerny from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 10. Interpretation of art of D. Cerny from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 11. Analysis of art of A. Zmijewski from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 12. Interpretation of art of A. Zmijewski from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 13. Current research projects and conferences aiming to establish new theories.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
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Badovinac, Z. Body and the East - From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, 1998.
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Djurić, D.; Šuvaković, M. Impossible Histories. MIT Press, 2003.
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Dziewanska, M.; Degot, E.; Budratskis, I. (eds.). Post-Post-Soviet? Art Politics and Society in Russia at the Turn of the Decade. Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 2013.
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East Art Map, IRWIN, Ljubljana. East Art Map, IRWIN, Ljubljana.
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Farver, J. Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s - 1980s. Queens Museum of Art, 1999.
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FORMER WEST. BAK, Utrecht http://www.formerwest.org/Front. FORMER WEST. BAK, Utrecht http://www.formerwest.org/Front.
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Hoptman, Laura; Pospiszyl, Tomáš. Primary Documents, A Sourcebook for Eastern and Central European Art since the 1950´s. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002.
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Kol. autorů. Aspects / Positions - Art in Central Eastern Europe 1949-1999. Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2000.
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McKay, I. New Art From Eastern Europe - Identity and Conflict. Art and Design, 1994.
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Pejić, B.; Elliot, D. (ed.). After the Wall. Art and Culture in Post-communist Europe. Stockholm, 1999.
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Piotrowski, P. Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe. Reaction books, London, 2012.
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