Lecture series "Wednesdays at AVU" - autumn 2018

VVP AVU would like to invite you to a series of lectures "Wednesdays at AVU" from November 21 to December 5.

WHERE: Aula AVU, U Akademie 4, Prague 7

November 21 at 6:00 PM.
Taťána Petrasová and Rostislav Švácha: How to Write Czech Art History Today
The Arbor vitae publishing house, in collaboration with the Artefactum publishing house, has published this year a collective monograph by the employees of the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, titled "Art History in the Czech Lands 800–2000." The book captures the development and transformations of artistic creation in the Czech lands from Great Moravia to the present. The speakers, who are also the editors of this extensive volume, will highlight the potential pitfalls of conceiving large overviews of art history, their meaningfulness, and their social function in today's world.
Moderator: Štěpán Vácha

November 28 at 6:00 PM.
Presentation and Discussion of the Finalists of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2018
Alžběta Bačíková, Lukáš Hofmann, Tomáš Kajánek, Kateřina Olivová, Adéla Součková
The traditional discussion with the finalists of the Jindřich Chalupecký Award at the AVU will this year focus not only on the presentation itself but also on mutual discussion and broader issues of contemporary art.
Moderator: Tomáš Pospiszyl

December 5 at 6:00 PM.
Milena Bartlová: The Politicization of Czech History and Art Theory in the 1950s.
The 1950s are considered a period when Czechoslovak science had to adapt most dramatically to the violently imposed demands of submission to the ruling political power. Milena Bartlová attempts in her lecture to place the situation of Czech history and art theory into a historical context that encompasses both continuity with the situation during the Protectorate and the Third Republic and the diverse reactions of the field in Western Europe and the USA to the post-World War II world and the Cold War; she will also point to some comparisons within the Soviet bloc. The speaker will attempt to show the main discursive strategies and themes of the 1950s, which will illustrate the ways in which institutional fields dealt with the new political situation and actively engaged with it. Individuals and institutions were active participants in events and were not condemned to a passive or defensive response. At the end of her lecture, Bartlová will focus on those constructed moments that have remained an integral part of Czech history and art theory.
Moderator: Pavlína Morganová

Organized by the Department of Theory and History of Art at AVU, documented by Artyčok.tv. Program changes reserved.

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