Course detail

Expanded Painting 1

FaVU-HITECH1Acad. year: 2024/2025

The history of painting can be understood not only as a sequence of personalities and ideas, but also as a history of (painting) technologies. To think about painting, it is also important to bear in mind that it falls under the general category of the image, which includes not only painting but also sculpture, photography, cinematography, digital images, etc. The course is based on a critical approach to painting - it involves an ever-recurring search for the position of painting in relation to what surrounds it, both in the subject world, which can become the object of its representation, and within the art system, where the position of painting in relation to other media and to itself is constantly changing. The concept of the course presupposes thinking about painting not only as a means of pictorial narration or communicating emotion, but also as an autonomous object - a material applied to a surface, a mass, a situatedness in space. The course is conceived as a platform that introduces students to the current state of "non-painting" technologies used in painting, both through lectures, field trips and meetings with selected personalities, and through guided discussions and solutions to practical assignments.  

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Milan Houser

Department

Department of Traditional Media (KTM)

Entry knowledge

Interest in painting technology and procedures. Basic orientation in the history of a medium of painting.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The following conditions are set for granting the credit: active participation in lessons (absence can be compensated by submitting a task elaborated on the basis of an alternative assignment after agreement with the teacher); Ssubmitting completed tasks.
Mandatory attendance. Absence can be compensated by alternative tasks in agreement with the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course is to broaden the awareness of painting as a medium that is not bound to certain technological and material standards. The aim is also to broaden practical experience with materials and technologies that are currently entering contemporary artistic (painting) practice, thus encouraging independent thinking and a specific creative focus among students.  A critical approach to painting also encourages experience of its transformation into other media.  


Upon completion of the course, students will be acquainted with the history and current state of new painting technologies and individual practices of selected artists. They will have experience in the remediation of painting into other art forms.  

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

PETŘÍČEK, Miroslav. Myšlení obrazem. Průvodce současným filosofickým myšlením pro středně nepokročilé. 1. vyd. Praha: Herrmann, 2009. Dostupné také z: http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/mzk/uuid/uuid:bc54c920-a467-11e8-a2d0-005056827e52.

Recommended reading

BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Skutečná přítomnost: středověký obraz mezi ikonou a virtuální realitou. Praha: Argo, 2012.
DUB, Petr. Vybrané postkonceptuální přístupy v současné české malbě. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta výtvarných umění, 2012. Edice FAVU : publikace prací absolventů doktorského studia.
MITCHELL, W. J. T. Teorie obrazu: eseje o verbální a vizuální reprezentaci. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. Vizuální kultura.
MORTON, Timothy, Steven SHAVIRO, Graham HARMAN, et al. Objekt. Praha: Kvalitář, 2015.
SLÁNSKÝ, Bohuslav. Technika v malířské tvorbě: (malířský a restaurátorský materiál). 2., nezměn. vyd. Praha: SNTL, 1976. Polytechnická knižnice. Technický výběr do kapsy. Dostupné také z: http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/mzk/uuid/uuid:2d6417a0-1b9c-11e4-8f64-005056827e52

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

14 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Milan Houser

Syllabus

- "History of Painting Techniques": a historical excursion into the history of painting in the second half of the 20th century with an emphasis on the development of formal and technological techniques in painting
- Typology of painting materials and techniques in contemporary art
- Conceptualization and critique of the medium of painting
- Field trips to studios and production facilities and laboratories related to painting, as well as other media and technologies that have become part of it, such as glass and paper 

Field trip

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Milan Houser

Exercise

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Milan Houser