DU2722 Minimalism and Conceptual Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:50–12:25 K31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the end of the course student will be able to understand and explain the reason why there has been a radical change in the art od the second half of the 20th century. He/she will be able to interpret minimalist and conceptualist works of art in the context of contemporary culture and civilisation.
Syllabus
  • Situation in the 60s
  • Early works
  • Primary structures
  • Principal artists and their works
  • Specific object (Donald Judd)
  • Principle of seriality
  • Anti-form (Robert Morris)
  • Minimalism as a starting point for further artistic approach
  • Richard Serra, Eva Hesse, Robert Smithson
  • Conceptualism
  • Principal artists and their works
  • Echoes of minimalism and conceptualism in the Czech art
Literature
    required literature
  • SRP, Karel. Minimal & Earth & Conceptual Art. [Praha]: Jazzová sekce, 1982, S. 335-605. info
  • SRP, Karel. Minimal & Earth & Conceptual Art. [Praha]: Jazzová sekce, 1982, 333 s. info
    recommended literature
  • Eva Hesse : one more than one. Edited by Hubertus Gaßner - Brigitte Kölle - Petra Roettig - Eva Hesse. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2013, 234 s. ISBN 9783775737548. info
  • Minimalismus. Edited by James Sampson Meyer, Translated by Nora von Mühlendahl - Marion Keine. Berlin: Phaidon, 2005, 199 s. ISBN 0714894265. info
  • REYNOLDS, Ann Morris. Robert Smithson : learning from New Jersey and elsewhere. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003, xviii, 364. ISBN 0262681552. info
  • Recording conceptual artearly interviews with Barry, Huebler, Kaltenbach, LeWitt, Morris, Oppenheim, Siegelaub, Smithson, and Weiner by Patricia Norvell. Edited by Alexander Alberro - Patsy Norvell. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001, xv, 162 p. ISBN 0520220110. info
  • Minimalism. Edited by James Sampson Meyer. London: Phaidon, 2000, 304 s. ISBN 0714834602. info
Teaching methods
lectures, 1.5 hour per week
Assessment methods
essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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