JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: curatorial studies - disciplinary methodology I

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Course title curatorial studies - disciplinary methodology I
Course code KDT/FU090
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sýkorová Lenka, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Postmodern philosophy and its influence on visual arts. 2. Visual theory in Anglo-American thought. 3. Concepts of relational aesthetics, postproduction and altermodernity - Nicolas Bourriaud. 4. Post-conceptual tendencies in art. 5. Key curatorial projects from 1990 to the present in the Czech Republic. 6. Key curatorial projects from 1990 to the present abroad. 7. Presentation of a work of art within the framework of contemporary curatorial theory and practice. 8-10 Current artistic theory and practice ? institutional criticism, collaboration, participation, performance art, artist run-spaces, the phenomenon of art collectives, the archival turn, climate distress and postcolonialism. 11. Professional excursion. Study literature and study aids

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject is aimed at the influence of postmodern thinking on visual arts. It focuses on the analysis of specific curatorial concepts that characterize basic terms in contemporary artistic and curatorial theory and practice. It is then guided by an interpretation of the history of curation in the world and in the Czech context since 1980. It reflects current curatorial approaches. Teaching takes place in the form of lectures, exercises and excursions based on active cooperation with students.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
Recommended literature
  • BERTRAND, S. Contemporary Curating, Artistic Reference and Public Reception: Reconsidering Inclusion, Transparency and Mediation in Exhibition Making Practice. Taylor & Francis, London, 2021.
  • FRENCH, J. Inclusive curating in contemporary art: a practical guide. ARC Humanities Press, Yorkshire, 2021.
  • GREEN, A. When artists curate: contemporary art and exhibition as medium. Reaktion books, London, 2018.
  • MORGANOVÁ, P.; T. NEKVINDOVÁ a D. SVATOŠOVÁ. Výstava jako médium: české umění 1957 - 1999. VVP-AVU Praha, 2020.
  • PACHMANOVÁ, M. (ed.). Ex-pozice. O vystavování sbírek umění, designu a architektury. UMPRUM, Praha, 2018.
  • Smith, T. Contemporary art: : world currents. Laurence King Publishing, London, 2011.
  • ŠEVČÍK, J.; MORGANOVÁ, P.; NEKVINDOVÁ, T.; SVATOŠOVÁ, D. (eds.). České umění 1980-2010: Texty a dokumenty.. VVP-AVU, Praha, 2011.
  • ŽEROVC, B. When attitudes become the norm: the contemporary curator and institutional art.. Igor Zabel association for Culture and Theory, Ljubljana, 2018.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.12.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026