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SEMINAR of CONTEMPORARY ART
Lecturer: Mgr. Zuzana Štefková Ph.D.
Tel: 731 512 512; e-mail: zuzana.stefkova@ff.cuni.cz
Consultations: Thursday 9:10 – 10:40 AM after previous e-mail request in the room no. 416 at the Institute of Art History in Celetná 20, or upon request
Class Time: Friday 10:50 am – 12:25 pm
Location: Galleries and locations according to the syllabus
Course Description:
This seminar seeks to acquaint students with different approaches and strategies of contemporary art and introduce a wide range of figures operating within Czech and international contemporary art scene. This will be done by means of direct contact and exploration of Prague galleries and the cities’ exteriors. The choice of the sites of interest will reflect the current offer of the local art scene. The course participants will be responding to selected works of art and curatorial concepts based on their direct exposure to and personal experience with the works.
Course Requirements:
Oral presentation
Part of the evaluation is a short (10-15 minutes) oral presentation of each student’s final assignment topic. This presentation will be delivered in class during the two last weeks of the spring semester. The presentation should be spoken or read and include visual aids (for example Powerpoint presentation).
Exhibition journal
Students should keep an exhibition journal throughout the semester with short (5-10 sentences) descriptions of visited exhibitions due May 23 (23:59 pm).
Writing Assignment – Final essay
Students are asked to write a paper on topic related to issues addressed during the gallery visits. It should most importantly show the students’ ability to contextualize the works, exhibitions, curatorial concepts they were exposed to. The paper must have at least 9000 characters, bibliography, and footnotes (preferably in Chicago style: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html ) Students should feel free to consult their topic and submit the first draft of their paper beforehand. Please e-mail the chosen topic with a short annotation and list of relevant sources to the lecturer by April 30. The deadline for submission of the final essay is May 23 (for students attending both semesters). Essays delivered after this deadline will lead to downgrading by 10 %.
Assessment and final grade:
Evaluation: The final grade will be based on the results of an oral presentation of the final paper topic 20 %, final paper 30 %, gallery journal i.e. list of visited galleries and museum with a short description of each exhibition 10 %, and active participation on the seminar's activities and discussions 40%.
The following weekly schedule may be subject to change. In such case the lecturer would send announcement via email prior class.
Week 1:
March-1
Introduction of the course
Academy of Art, Architecture, and Design
Náměstí Jana Palacha 80/3, VA Studio, room no. 306, 3rd floor
Week 2:
March-8
After New Media
National Technical Library
Technická 6, Prague 6 https://www.techlib.cz/en/2746-gallery-ntk
Week 3:
March-15
Lea Petříková: A Girl Named Sandoz
Michal Cáb, Marek Hlaváč, Tomáš Kajánek: It Never Was / It Always Will Be
Monika Žáková: Expanding the Factory
Pragovka District
Kolbenova 923/34a, Prague 9 http://www.pragovka.com
Week 4:
March-22
Jiří Thýn: Shape, Work and Two Fat Bellies
Hunt Kastner Gallery
Bořivojova 85, Prague 3 http://www.huntkastner.com
Jan Turner: Looking After a Stump 35m2 Gallery
Víta Nejedlého 23, Praha 3 https://35m2.cz/
Week 5:
March-29
Rafani
NoD Gallery
Dlouhá 33, Prague 1 https://nod.roxy.cz/en/gallery/exhibitions
Week 6:
April-5
Healing 2.0.
Gallery MeetFactory
Marie Lukáčová: Magic in a Time of Economic Progress
Kostka Gallery
Ke Sklárně 3213/15, Prague 5 http://www.meetfactory.cz/en/
Week 7:
Apr-12
Multilogues on the Now
Tranzitdisplay
Dittrichova 9/337, Prague 2 http://www.display.cz/
Week 8:
Apr-19
NO CLASS – Easter Holiday
Week 9:
Apr-26
Ivana Šáteková: Everyday sexism
Artwall Gallery
Embankment Kapitána Jaroše and Edvarda Beneše, Prague 7 www.artwallgallery.cz
Week 10:
May-3
Milena Dopitová: Loving Peace
Gallery MeetFactory
Ke Sklárně 3213/15, Prague 5 http://www.meetfactory.cz/en/
Week 11:
May-10
Carnations and Velvet: Art and Revolution in Portugal and Czechoslovakia 1968 – 1974 – 1989
City Prague Gallery
Municipal Gallery
Week 12:
May-17
Student Presentations
Classroom no. 415
Institute of Art History, Celetná 20, Prague 1
Week 13:
May-24
Student Presentations
Classroom no. 415
Institute of Art History, Celetná 20, Prague 1