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Traditional technique of embroidery in contemporary art
Tocar, Sofia ; Štefková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Rakušanová, Marie (referee)
The present master's thesis discusses the traditional textile technique of embroidery in the context of contemporary art and analyses the way in which this craft technique has evolved from its invention to this day. The historical development points at the inevitable link between this artistic technique and women's history in Western societies, where embroidery strove to maintain stereotypes on femininity. In the twentieth century, embroidery as well as other textile techniques take on a new, subversive quality which enables the beginning of a social dialogue through art. It becomes a part of the public space in the form of banners in demonstrations or craftivist interventions in city streets. It tries to free itself from stereotypes and become an accessible technique for which the artistic process is as important as the finished piece. The work of contemporary artists reveals the shifting position of textile art, which cannot be considered as a simple offshoot of artistic craftsmanship for it has turned into in an autonomous and widely used medium of expression in current artistic production.
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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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Institutional Critique in Selected Works of Czech and Slovak Artists
Remešová, Anna ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Štefková, Zuzana (referee)
In its first chapters the thesis deals with the development of utopian ideas of the function and construction of art institutions. Firstly the situation in Western art world before 20th century is analysed. Then the following chapters are dedicated to the origin and development of National Museum and National Gallery in Czech environment. The discussion on institutional definition of art that was led by Anglo-American art theorists Arthur Danto, George Dickie and Richard Wollheim is also very briefly mentioned. The second half of the thesis is comprised of the origin and significance of the artworks dealing with the institutional critique in West, with the closer focus on Hans Haacke, Marcel Broodthaers and Michael Asher; and of the context of institutional critique in Czechoslovakia. Last but not least, there are two chapters concerning the selected artworks of Dominik Lang and Roman Ondák.
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Reflection of the internet in Art and Theory of the 21st Century
Cepáková, Kateřina ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Štefková, Zuzana (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to show several examples of how the Internet affected art and theory in the 21st century. We can trace the origins of these changes as far as the 1990s when the Internet became a massively used medium. At that time, the art movement of net.art was born and new media studies were established. This so-called digital avantgarde used the unprecedented possibilities of communication and distribution that the Internet offered and pushed further the boundaries of artistic practice. This avantgarde was followed later by new generations of artists who experimented further with the medium and reflected on it critically. The Internet however changed dramatically many times ever since then - its interface and contents were being more and more influenced by the users. Artists connected to the term post-internet started to translate Internet aesthetics and themes to physical space. They were the first to do that in such a big measure. Currently the Internet has become so banal and transparent that it's difficult to recognise how far its influence on art and the art theory reaches. The second part of this thesis concentrates on concrete examples of theorists and artists whose practice is being influenced by the Internet in greater matter. These examples will show that it's no longer...
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Women and the Bra: Qualitative Research into Sociocultural Contexts of its Use
Reichelová, Kateřina ; Štěpánová, Irena (referee) ; Štefková, Zuzana (referee)
WOMEN AND THE BRA: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH INTO SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXTS OF ITS USE - SUMMARY This paper presents the brassiere not just as an essential part of women's clothing which has undergone very interesting evolution, from a strip of cloth or leather covering and forming the breasts, through corsets in various shapes and sizes to the bra in the form as we know today. This rather personal part of women's underwear is also introduced as a phenomenon with many sociocultural and psychosocial aspects. The first part of the paper focuses on different ways of forming and shaping of the bust throughout history, on innovations in textile technology which influenced the look of underwear in general, on the beginnings and evolution of the brassiere and on changes in its functions and symbolism in recent history. The second part describes preparatory work for a modest qualitative study. It presents theoretical and methodological grounds of the study, including an essential introduction of basic principles and characteristics of qualitative research as a specific approach to social reality. How the research, which comprises semi-structured interviews with 21 female participants, is organized and put into practice is delivered further on, in the third chapter. Issues addressed in the interviews include the...
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Gender aspects of embodiment in contemporary Czech art
Štefková, Zuzana ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee) ; Pachmanová, Martina (referee)
This thesis analyzes key issues related to the various fornls of representation of gendcr aspects af enlbod iment in eonten~porary Czech visual art Based on case studies a.nd using thc !llethodology oť ferninisln, post strueturalism,\ and psychoanalysis~ this thesis discusses how development of Czech society after 1989 retlects itself in the work of selected Czech and Slovak artists. After providing a theoretical and philosophical introduction into the topie, I discuss the exhibitions that have dealt with the issue of ernbodil11ent in the Czech context Detailed analysis 1S devoted to the different manifestations af hetero- and homosexual desire. Two separate chapters focus on the ways in which pornographic visuality inspires eontetnporary Czech art and on the relation between eroticls1n and power respectively. Next chapter discusses the gender specific sources of bodily' abject. The following text analyzes various representations of femaie bodies (stereotypical roles, motherhood, specifica11y enlbodied subjectivlty, visuality of women's )ifestyle tllagazines, and the impact of beauty lnyth) as well as the various aspects of male embodiment (visual reinterpretation of masculinity, the role af penis in the construction of tnale's subjectivity, and the deconstruction af maje genius). Finally~ tne thesis...
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Issue of the game in the Czech visual art after the year 1989
Čech, Viktor ; Štefková, Zuzana (referee) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (advisor)
Theme of this work is the "Game" in the meaning of system construction and social function, which have games like board games, computer games or social games. There were some interesting applications of these games in the Czech visual art after the year 1989. These games were used in many ways - they were inspirations for paintings, for New media art and also for conceptual activity. The work is separated to some chapters in which are some circles of this production analyzed. One special chapter is also focused on creations inspired by gender problematics.
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The Bond/Dominance in a Close Up
Štefková, Zuzana ; Orlová, Jana (referee) ; Helia De Felice, Jennifer (advisor)
- Exploration word of Dominance - development through diary entries - Dominance X partner's tolerance, partnership ceremonies - Creating your own task performance - Research on me - exploring new relationship planes - Work in public space, contact with passer-by, which is not conditional art and this fact that they can see it in their own way, (Shop window is clasic X taboo topic)
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