Practices and Theories of the Contemporary Art Institutions 2+1
Teacher: Lázár Eszter
Aims:
The aim of the course is to introduce various contemporary art institutional practices and their related theoretical background. During the course we will analyze the artistic, cultural, social factors that led to the transformation of museums from the 1990s (new museology, radical museology, new institutionalism) and other institutional forms (e.g artist run spaces, art academies, biennales), in connection with relevant turns appeared in the contemporary art field (discursive turn, educational turn, performative turn). The seminars will be based on close-readings and presentations and workshops
Topics:
1. Introduction to the course: Types of institutions in the contemporary art field. Historical and conceptual outlines of the course, introduction to the readings
2. Transformation of the Museum from the 18th to the present (public museum, avantgard museum, MoMA - type)
3. New terms in Museology: new museum, radical museology, critical museum theoretical approach and examples
4. New institutionalism in the contemporary art institutional field: changes in exhibition practices (Charles Esche, Maria Lind, Claire Doherty)
5. Contemporary Institutional Practices in Eastern Europe from the 1990s to the present
6. Turns in curatorial and museological practices I.
7. Turns in curatorial and museological practices II
8. Biennalisation - Classification of the biennales, their impact on the contemporary art scene. Case studies and critical approaches.
(Venice Biennale, Sao Paulo, Havana, Istanbul, Berlin)
9. Documenta. (Harald Szeemann, Catherine David, Okwui Enwezor, Carolyn Cristov Bakargiev, Ruangrupa)
10. Art Institutions in Eastern Europe from the 1990 to the present
11. Institutional critique from the 1960s
12. Excursion to Budapest, Visits to: tranzit.hu, Studio of Young Artists’ Association, Ludwig Museum, OFF-Biennale Budapest