Publication details
Bod zlomu. Hledání sociálního obratu v českém umění
| Title in English | The Breaking Point: Looking for a Social Turn in Czech Art |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Notebook for art, theory and related zones |
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| web | http://vvp.avu.cz/sesit/sesit |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | soacially and politically engaged art practice; autonomy of art; public art; new genre public art |
| Description | The essay focuses on three exhibition projects between 1997 and 1999, which marked the emergence on Czech art scene of an openly politically engaged art, the “new genre public art”, and site-specific interventions considering local social topics. Each of the three exhibitions was informed by strong curatorial intention, and all contributed, among other things, to the development of a critical discourse that allowed new problems and topics to find expression in the local environment. The essay aims to show that the exhibitions Reduced Budget, The Work of Art in a Public Space, and Public District, as well as their critical reception in art periodicals, helped to create the background against which art practice developed especially after 2000, heading towards the situation described by Claire Bishop as the “social turn in art”. The essay is one of the results of the research focused on socially and politically engaged practice in the Czech art between years 1998 and 2008. |
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