IPLUSO 26050

Theories of Art II

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  This curricular unit is dedicated to the development of critical thinking and writing about art, focusing on the analysis of works and concepts of contemporary visual arts through different theoretical and philosophical approaches.
• ProgramaProgramme

  This CU continues Art Theory I. The contents are structured by bringing together the theories that underpinned the development of the visual arts during the 20th and 21st centuries and some of the thematic guidelines of contemporary art based on the writings of artists, texts by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. Module 1 Materiality VS Immateriality: - Critique of the medium and the post-medium condition; -Rosalind Krauss and Yves-Alain Bois  Formlessness; - Didi-Huberman - Memory and Materiality - The idea of Materiality in Giuliana Bruno.   Module 2. Authorship Vs Participation: - Roland Barthes and the death of the author; - Gilles Deleuze and the Anti-Oedipus; - Claire Bishop and the concept of Participation.   Module 3. Sustainability, Community and Activism. - Tim Ingold, Subsistence, Housing and Skill; - Jacques Rancière and the Politics of the Sensible; - Guerrilla Girls and Judith Butler, Gender activism; - Climate activism, positions and contradictions.
• ObjectivosObjectives

  General objectives: . To contextualize art theory in the history of art in conjunction with ideas and concepts from other areas of knowledge such as sociology, anthropology, politics and psychology; . To identify and distinguish between the fundamental theoretical frameworks that have molded the practice and theory of contemporary art from the perspective of a visual artist. Specific objectives: . To recognize the inherent theoretical problems of an aesthetic object; . Identify key aesthetic currents of the 20th and 21st centuries; . Interpret fundamental texts of art theory and relate them to artistic practices; . Examine and relate students' studio practice to art theory; . Develop well-informed aesthetic positions that reject, develop or support important theoretical issues related to art theory; . Debate and formulate theoretical discussions in groups and among peers.
• BibliografiaBibliography

  . AA.VV. (2008) The Art of Participation – 1950 to Now. Sa?o Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Thames & Hudson). . BARTHES, Roland (1987) Rumor da Língua. Edições 70. .BRUNO, Giuliana (2014) Surface - Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. . BUTLER, Judith (2015). Senses of the Subject. Nova Iorque: Fordam University Press. . DELEUZE, Gilles e GUATTARI, Felix (2004) O Anti-E?dipo: Capitalismo e Esquizofrenia 1, Lisboa: Assi?rio e Alvim. . DIDI-HUBERMAN, Georges (2011). O que no?s vemos, o que nos olha. Porto: Dafne Editora. . INGOLD, Tim (2013). Designing environments for life. In Anthropology and natur. In HASTRUP, K., ed. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 233-246. . KRAUSS, Rosalind (1999). Bachelors. Cambridge, Londres: The MIT Press, OCTOBER Books. . . RANCIE?RE, Jacques (2010). Este?tica e Politica – A Partilha do Sensi?vel. Porto: Imago.
• MetodologiaMethodology

  The curricular unit's teaching and learning methodologies were designed in accordance with the institution's pedagogical model and the unit's specific objectives. In addition to the theoretical approach, through the exposition of content in class, with the aid of audiovisual materials, bibliography and access to support materials previously prepared by the lecturer (bibliography, audiovisual material, suggested events), all subjects are taught with the encouragement of critical dialogue, in the form of debates, visits to exhibitions and artists' studios and through the contribution of guests.
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  5
• NaturezaNature

  Mandatory
• EstágioInternship

  Não