Subject 'History of Sculpture. Changing Materiality'

Year:   2019/2020    2020/2021    2021/2022    2022/2023    2023/2024    

The course about the history of sculpture from the second half of the 20th century that besides describing the reuse of old traditional sculpture materials (stone, wood, bone, metal, plaster, clay, porcelain) focuses on the materials that were historically left unused (the so-called non-art materials) and on the works of the first-use/pioneer artists (Joseph Beuys ctr.). The focus is among others on the development of subjective material perception and experimentalism. This theoretical course includes generating the so-called idea project for the creative work.

Upon completion of the course, students will:
• be familiar and understand the old and new application strategies of old traditional sculpture materials (stone, wood, bone, metal, plaster, clay, porcelain), and know how to work with them through new specific artist strategies;
• be familiar, comprehend and value the fundamental importance of the use of the so-called new materials in the history of sculpture;
• comprehend and perceive the specific role and value of the materiality of sculpture in the virtual era;
• be familiar with the classification and different application of new materials and the most important authors (in particular, Joseph Beuys, Robert Morris, Walter De Maria, Franz Erhard Walther, Arman, Yves Klein, Dieter Roth, Piero Manzoni, Daniel Spoerri, Rauschenberg, Robert Smithson, Bruce Naumann, Paul Thek, Richard Serra ctr.);
• be closely familiar with the usage of different organic and natural, incl. materia prima materials and the authors who have used these materials;
• have an overview about the usage of materials originating from human body in sculptural works;
• be interested in the historical usage of different materials outside the field of art, and comprehend the value and possibilities of including materials into art works through the examples of works by different authors;
• be able to analyse the social formation mechanisms of the so-called trash-materials and be able to comprehend their messages in the works by different authors;
• be familiar with the diversity of application strategies of new materials;
• be familiar and value the strategies of recycling;
• be inspired to scientifically investigate and artistically experiment new materials and to develop their subjective material perception.

2019: 2263  

2018: 2263  

2017: 2263  

2016: 2263