Bauhaus: culture and politics

This year we celebrate 100 years since the founding of one of the most significant art schools of the 20th century. Bauhaus, established in 1919 in Weimar, was logically influenced by the turbulent times following World War I. Besides the external conditions that affected the functioning of the Bauhaus, it is also an example of an institution where artistic creation had social and political significance. How significant was this political and social importance? And how exactly did it manifest? Can Bauhaus art be considered apolitical, or not? And is art ever truly apolitical? We will discuss these and other matters on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 6:00 PM at GJF, together with our guests.

Confirmed guests:
Johana Lomová (UMPRUM) has been working at VŠUP since 2013. In her lectures and seminars, she focuses on contemporary art and art criticism. Her academic interest is oriented towards the period of the 1950s to the 1980s, specifically regarding the environment of Czechoslovakia and the institutional prerequisites of visual arts.
Martin Kolář (UJEP), an aesthetician, serves as an assistant professor at the Department of History and Theory of Art at the Faculty of Art and Design of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.
Kateřina Smejkalová (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) studied German studies and political science in Bochum, Germany. She works as a research associate for the Czech representation of the think tank Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. She addresses the topic of work, the social impacts of technological changes, and the social dimension of modern architecture and art.

We look forward to it.
The Society of Aestheticians Katharsis (FF UK) and the Political Science Society POLIS (FF UK)

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