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The Art of Idea. Theory of Conceptual Art.
RADOVÁ, Lucie
This bachelor thesis deals with conceptualism in visual arts. It introduces basic ideas of conceptual art and applies it to selected classical aesthetic concepts (Šklovskij's method of refinement). The thesis also presents three authors of conceptual art, whose work shows the use of theory in practice. It then moves to an art movement that does not agree with the concepts of conceptual art (conflict between the Stuck movement and conceptual art, painting x concept). Finally it explains the relationship and the proximity between conceptualism and philosophy.
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Conceptualism as an aesthetic problem
Ohrádková, Veronika ; Kubalík, Štěpán (advisor) ; Kulka, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to present questions raised by the emergence of conceptual art in the wider field of fine arts. Conceptual art, where the idea is considered the most important aspect of a work, signifies a radical departure from traditional fine arts. My goal is to analyze the influence of its dematerialized form on its aesthetical value and position in fine arts. In the first part of work, I describe its characteristic properties, focusing on researching its un- aesthetical nature, the low priority of material form and its philosophical character. The main sources are texts produced by anglo-american aesthets, published in Philosophy and Conceptual Art, edited by Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens. The second part is concerned with the problem of defining and evaluating conceptual art. I introduce the debate between institutional and functional definitions of art, which are both theories that could explain the artistic essence of conceptual art. Keywords conceptual art, institutional theory, functionalism, the problem of value, dematerialisation, anglo-american aesthetics, art as an idea
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Graphic Scores as a Way towards Reality. Example of "Complex Realism" in the Works of Czechoslovak Artists of the 1960s and 1970s within the Context of International Experimental Creation Movement.
Hlaváčková, Jitka ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Wittlich, Petr (referee) ; Bláha, Jaroslav (referee)
The present work deals, from a general point of view, with the research of methods of depiction. In particular, it focuses on the phenomenon of graphical or visual scores in the former Czechoslovakia within the context of experimental creation movement of the early 1960s. It tries to discover the historical and also immediate social and artistic sources of their existence. It finds them in the need to express the primary (empiric) sensual experience, free from any formal assumptions stemming out of the traditional ways of depiction. The text points out mainly to the multidisciplinary qualities of the studied phenomenon defining "intermediality" as a "realistic tendency" and trying to substantiate both the origins and importance of intermediality within the artistic context of second half of 20th century by means of reflexion of older sources from the fields of history of art, music, philosophy (T. W. Adorno), sociology (M. McLuhan), semiotics (N. Goodman), as well as through original analysis of material. The work further investigates into the parallels within the evolution of visual art and music, mainly of the early avant-garde period (Dadaism, birth of conceptual art and complex work of the Bauhaus circle). It reflexes on the contemporary, and mostly foreign, context of the existence of the...
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Post-conceptual development in the Jindřich Chalupecký Award
Nováková, Nikola ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Pech, Milan (referee)
This thesis uses Jindrich Chalupecky Prize as a regular scheme, in which is shown the evolution of Czech art in the last twenty-five years. The emphasis is on the emergence and forming of post-conceptualism, which appears to be the dominant aspect. This analysis researches the work of selected winners of the laureates of the Jindrich Chalupecky Prize, and show how post-conceptualism in the Czech art scene promote and change its understanding and valuation through their work. The results of this work will be general conclusions regarding specifics, options and further expected development of post-conceptualism in Czech Art.
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Ana Mendieta - Adriena Šimotová. Various forms of the female principle in art
Prášková, Zita ; Klimešová, Marie (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
(in English): This article examines life and work of Ana Mendieta and Adriena Šimotová - two women artists, who worked during the same era but on the other halves of the hemisphere. They had never met and moreover, they didn't know about each other and their art pieces. Their work is different, it differs in ideas, used artistic materials and especially in the social and political environment it was created in. The goal of this article is to put the approach of both of the artists in interaction, to compare their art pieces and to interpret parallels that lead to the connecting moment of their work. This moment is in this case called the feminine principle.
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Post-conceptual development in the Jindřich Chalupecký Award
Nováková, Nikola ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Pech, Milan (referee)
This thesis uses Jindrich Chalupecky Prize as a regular scheme, in which is shown the evolution of Czech art in the last twenty-five years. The emphasis is on the emergence and forming of post-conceptualism, which appears to be the dominant aspect. This analysis researches the work of selected winners of the laureates of the Jindrich Chalupecky Prize, and show how post-conceptualism in the Czech art scene promote and change its understanding and valuation through their work. The results of this work will be general conclusions regarding specifics, options and further expected development of post-conceptualism in Czech Art.
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Victor Burgin: The Environment of Photography
Hrabina, Martin ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
The dissertation is following both theoretical and practical sides of Victor Burgin's early work. The structure of this thesis mainly reflects a hybrid attitude of the artist/theorist - the text digress from theoretical comments to related art works which are arranged chronologically. The principal focus lies in Burgin's concers for ideological, social and cultural impacts of photographic advertising practice in Great Britain during the 1970s which he assesed through theories derived from marxism, semiology and psychoanalysis. Keywords: Victor Burgin, photography theory, minimal art, conceptual art, cognitive science, semiotics, modernism, postmodernism, LEF (Left Front of the Arts), marxism, psychoanalysis, feminism
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Julius Koller and art archive
Poliačková, Martina ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Klimešová, Marie (referee)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze Filozofická fakulta, Ústav pro dějiny umění BAKALÁRSKA PRÁCA Martina Poliačková Július Koller a umelecký archív Julius Koller and art archive Rada by som poďakovala vedeniu katedry a hlavne vedúcemu práce Prof. PhDr. Vojtěchovi Lahodovi za trpezlivosť a Mgr. Janovi Wollnerovi za bystré postrehy. Následne ďakujem Anne Zborovskej za dôveru a bc. Barbore Švehlákovej za vieru, že problematika umeleckého archívu nie je vyčerpaným tématom. Prehlasujem, že som túto baklársku prácu vypracovala samostatne, že som riadne citovala všetky použité pramene a literatúru, a že práca nebola použitá v rámci iného vysokoškolského štúdia či k získaniu iného alebo rovnakého titulu. V Prahe, dňa 17. 8. 2014 Bakalárska práca sa venuje tématu umeleckého archívu s dôrazom na archív Júliusa Kollera. Zaoberá sa obecnými diskurzívnymi rámcami poňatia archívu a špecifickou podobou, ktorú nadobúda v umeleckej produkcii. Ukazuje Kollerovu archívnu činnosť ako celok s jeho konceptuálnou tvorbou a v kontexte seba-historizačných praktík, typických pre situáciu zemí bývalého východného bloku. Popisuje podobné stratégie v činnosti skupiny IRWIN, Museum of American Art v Berlíne, Lia Perjovschi, J. H. Kocman, KwieKulik, Artpool Art Research Center, Tamás St. Auby a Ilja Kabakov. V ďalšiej časti popisuje...
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Conceptual tendencies in contemporary Czech design
Matějková, Kamila ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Kolesár, Zdeno (referee)
Conceptual tendencies in czech contemporary design Kamila Matějková Abstract Diploma thesis deals with conceptual tendencies emerging in contemporary Czech design and try to put them in historical and social context. It focuses primarily on product design, glass and ceramics and their development in the last decade. First, the thesis deals with the development of conceptual art, theoretical approaches to the design and the definition and circumstances of occurrence of conceptual design. The main part of the thesis focuses on conceptual tendencies that were observed based on research of contemporary Czech design scene. These tendencies are: the historical trend and tendency to appropriation of older works, the inspiration of nature and processing of environmental issues, the application of humor, exaggeration and story as a concept in design and a tendency to material experiment and experiment with material processing techniques. Keywords design, czech design, conceptual art, conceptual design, contemporary design, enviroment, appropriation
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Social Themes in Projects of Contemporary Czech Conceptual and Action Art (from the Late 1980s to the present Day)
Váchová, Lucie ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Morganová, Pavlína (referee) ; Štefková, Zuzana (referee)
The dissertation thesis gives a real picture of Czech artistic works from late 1980s to the present day that use the language of Conceptual and Action art for a reflection of current problems in our society. The study is to encompass socially-oriented art or tendencies that want to communicate with the inartistic context and its focus is on the social-political aspect of contemporary art. The first part of the text is focused on basic concepts, moreover, it describes the most important exhibitions, theoretical contexts or considerations associated with the concepts of political or engaged art and it includes a brief reference to examples of older socially oriented art of the 20th century. The thesis strives to give a picture of the main themes through which artists reflect on humanity within a current societal system with its various old or new phenomena. The topics and the particular relevant artworks are described in four main chapters that should reveal the working methods or the development of the artists approach or strategies of artistic groups that have simultaneously reflected changes in the Czech art scene for the past 25 years. The prime motives are classical or newborn topics like reflection on motherhood, transformation of the present-day family, attitudes to the phenomenon of age,...
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