Course: History of Modern and Contemporary Central - European Arts II

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Course title History of Modern and Contemporary Central - European Arts II
Course code KDT/862
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Frequency of the course Each academic year
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Nitsche Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
These informations are in the annotation of the course.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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. Conclusion of already tought topics (winter semester); presentation of students projects. 2. Analysis of art of N. Rauch from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 3. Interpretation of art of N. Rauch from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 4. Analysis and interpretation of art of A. Lakner from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 5. Interpretation of art of A. Lakner from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 6. Analysis of art of T. Gotovac from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 7. Analysis and interpretation of art of T. Gotovac from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 8. Analysis of art of N. Solakov from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. .9 Interpretation of art of N. Solakov from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 10. Analysis of art of Little Warsaw duo from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 11. Interpretation of art of Little Warsaw duo from the aspect of "post-soc" condition. 12. Conclusion of already tought topics (summer semester); presentation of students projects. 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.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Badovinac, Z. Body and the East - From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, 1998.
  • Djurić, D.; Šuvaković, M. Impossible Histories. MIT Press, 2003.
  • 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.
  • East Art Map, IRWIN, Ljubljana. East Art Map, IRWIN, Ljubljana.
  • Farver, J. Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s - 1980s. Queens Museum of Art, 1999.
  • Hoptman, L.; Poszpiszyl, T. (ed.). Primary Documents. A Sourcebook for Eastern and Central European Art since the 1950´s. New York, 2002.
  • Kol. autorů. Aspects / Positions - Art in Central Eastern Europe 1949-1999. Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2000.
  • McKay, I. New Art From Eastern Europe - Identity and Conflict. Art and Design, 1994.
  • Pejić, B.; Elliot, D. (ed.). After the Wall. Art and Culture in Post-communist Europe. Stockholm, 1999.
  • Piotrowski, P. Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe. The University of Chicago Press, 2012.


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