Taboo in art 2300-F-110/TwSz
In the history of art, there were a lot of events, which then were evaluated as outrageous, shocking and disturbing. The same works later turned out to be so crucial that they led to a change in thinking about art, the artist and the recipient.
During the course we will talk about breaking social taboos in art, the role of scandal in the arts, we will consider the notion of artistic provocation. We will examine works of coming from before the 20th century and try to answer the question: why something that for us is the norm, shocked the art audience in the past(Caravaggio, Gericault, Delacroix, Manet)
We will also select works of contemporary art, which cause widespread debate on scandal in art, taboo in art, boundaries of art, art of tolerance (Kozyra, Libera, Orlan, Serrano, Cattelan)
During the course we will analyze examples of profanation of the sacred in art, ugliness, death and disease in art, banality and everyday life, intimacy and physiology, sex and sexuality.
We will talk about biographies of artists, their scandalous behaviors and speeches, of leading scandalous artists.
We will analyze the attacks on contemporary art in Poland, attempts to censor art, the consequences of crossing taboos, etc.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
knowledge:
- Student recognizes controversial events in the history of art
- Student discusses about the importance of a taboo in art, the role of scandal in art;
- Student presents a few profiles of Polish artists of contemporary art and the most important artists in the history of art
skills:
- Student interprets selected works of art;
- Student is able to move independently in the space of art
- Student can evaluate critically contemporary art
attitudes:
- Student exploits the possibilities of art in educational activities
- Student manifests behavior, which is evidence of his critical thought on art
Bibliography
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2. Clair Jean, De Immundo, apofatyczność i apokatastazja w dzisiejszej sztuce, Słowo/obraz terytoria, Gdańsk 2007.
3. Franck Dan, Bohema. Życie paryskiej cyganerii na początku XX wieku, Wydawnictwo Iskry, Warszawa 2000.
4. Gombrich Ernst Hans, O sztuce, Rebis, Poznań 2007.
5. Kowalczyk Izabela, Ciało i władza. Polska sztuka krytyczna lat 90., Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa 2002.
6. Nowe zjawiska w sztuce polskiej po 2000, (red.) Grzegorz Borkowski, Adam Mazur, Monika Branicki, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warszawa 2007.
7. Rottenberg Anda, Sztuka w Polsce 1945-2005, Wydawnictwo Stentor, Warszawa 2005.
8. Żmijewski Artur, Drżące ciała. Rozmowy z artystami, Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, Warszawa 2008.
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