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Zenith House
Roudnická, Michaela ; Zálešák, Jan (referee) ; Houser, Milan (advisor)
Diploma project Zenith House is trying to find and map a position of figural painting in a contemporary art world. Through a detailed study of works of contemporary painters, who use historical influences and compositions, it argues the evolution of painting. It slightly touches the phenomenom of portraiture and the contemporary trend of de-skilling the craftsmen.
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Post-graffiti art: Interweaving of painting and street/graffiti art in contemporary Czech art
DRAŽAN, Richard
The thesis deals with a contemporary artistic phenomenon of post-graffiti. It maps its development and main artists, while it attempts to encompass what can be considered a post-graffiti work and thus define its boundaries. Contemporary artists, mainly painters who work at least partially in this style are described. Those artists come not only from Czechia but also from abroad. The work thus primarely attempts to provide a detailed description and formal analysis of this phenomenon, while secondarily it aims to map the contemporary Czech post-graffiti scene. Based on research in the body of work, two main categories of artists' approach to the creation of post-graffiti paintings are outlined. Sub-genres of this phenomenon are also described. This thesis also explores the articulation of motivation that plays a significant role in an individual's transition to studio painting from illegal graffiti painting in the urban exterior. One of the chapters focuses on an aesthetic comparison of abstract expressionism and post-graffiti. A short section also includes a description and development of the Czech graffiti scene. The second part of the thesis is devoted mainly on interpretation of the works of Czech artists that can be categorised as post-graffiti in their contemporary work or in part of their artistic career. This section also includes characteristics comparison of Czech and foreign approaches to the creation of post-graffiti artworks. Furthermore, the theoretical argumentation of high and low art is applied to the relationship between graffiti and post-graffiti. This issue of art hierarchization is reviewed throughout the whole body of this academic work.
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Michael Rittstein and his Stuido Painting III at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Heřmánková, Klára ; Bendová, Eva (advisor) ; Pech, Milan (referee)
The aim of the bachelor's thesis is the stuido Painting III of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the years when it was under the leadership of Michael Rittstein, 2001-2018. The work focuses on Michael Rittstein as an artist and pedagogue and, in connection with that, on his students. Thus, the work follows six generationally different students in a cross-section of 17 years of Rittstein's work at AVU, which combines graduation from his studio, a certain type of figure painting and reflection on the art and time of the 70s and 80s. They are Alena Anderlová, Karel Jerie, Martin Salajka, Igor Grimmich, Tomáš Jetela and Jan Heres. Based on interviews with the given artists, the thesis deals with Michael Rittstein's form of teaching, relationships in the studio, overall relationships at AVU during Rittstein's time there, as well as Rittstein's influence on his students and their current work.
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Zenith House
Roudnická, Michaela ; Zálešák, Jan (referee) ; Houser, Milan (advisor)
Diploma project Zenith House is trying to find and map a position of figural painting in a contemporary art world. Through a detailed study of works of contemporary painters, who use historical influences and compositions, it argues the evolution of painting. It slightly touches the phenomenom of portraiture and the contemporary trend of de-skilling the craftsmen.
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