Essays about: "Avant-Garde"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Avant-Garde.

  1. 1. The Conservative Turn : Formation of a Right-wing Discourse around the Exhibition Sztuka Polityczna in Warsaw

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Robert Stasinski; [2023]
    Keywords : Contemporary Art; Political Art; Art History; Ujazdowski Castle; Polish Art; Actor-Network Theory; Critical Discourse Analysis; Conservatism; Conservative Art; Avant-garde Conservatism; Piotr Bernatowicz; Lars Vilks; Dan Park; Jon Eirik Lundberg;

    Abstract : This study examines the ideological shift towards right-wing conservatism within specific segments of the Polish contemporary art scene following the Law and Justice Party (PiS) rise in 2015. The party's cultural policies, aligned with nationalist and right-wing ideologies, brought significant changes to institutions like Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (CSW), reflecting a broader trend seen in Poland for many years. READ MORE

  3. 2. Maybe there was blood on the foil : The assassination attempt of Andy Warhol, SCUM, and Valerie Solanas as a performance artist.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Herkules Jansson; [2023]
    Keywords : performativity; performance art; radical feminism; Valerie Solanas; SCUM Manifesto; Andy Warhol; fluxus; performativitet; performancekonst; radikalfeminism; Valerie Solanas; SCUM Manifestet; Andy Warhol; fluxus;

    Abstract : This essay examines the intersection of Valerie Solanas' radical feminist manifesto, the S.C.U.M. READ MORE

  4. 3. Approach to Lighting Design and Light Planning in Constructivist Buildings

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : Sergei Godov; [2022]
    Keywords : Avant-garde; Historical building; Architecture for daylight; Restoration; Evolution of lighting design;

    Abstract : Being one of the most significant styles in the architectural avant-garde,  constructivism  introduced  to  the  world  of architecture  a  dozen  principles  that  remain  relevant  and progressive to this day. The  architectural  functionalism  and  purity,  lacking  any disturbances, undertakes Le Corbusier principles and works for the “poetry of a simple form and a philosophy of rationalism”. READ MORE

  5. 4. The dancing qualities of the cinematic space: a methodological experiment in order to perceive the motion picture as a dancing body.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Gianmarco Donaggio; [2022]
    Keywords : Cinematic space; postmodern dance; movement; phenomenology; film; avant-garde; Arts and Architecture; Performing Arts; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The thesis is proposing a method to perceive the cinematic space as a body in motion. The foundation for such an experimental method is traced within the investigation of the movement in the study of the motion picture, as well as in a phenomenological approach to dance, and in selected theories from the continental philosophy of the 20th century. READ MORE

  6. 5. Inger Ekdahl : Swedish Abstract Expressionism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Alexander Engström; [2020]
    Keywords : Inger Ekdahl; Spontaneity; Tachism; Abstract Expressionism; Action Painting.;

    Abstract : Inger Ekdahl was a female painter at the center of Swedish Abstract Expressionism in the fifties. This essay investigates how her art was received in Stockholm and Paris. READ MORE