Essays about: "Avant-garde"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Avant-garde.
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1. The Conservative Turn : Formation of a Right-wing Discourse around the Exhibition Sztuka Polityczna in Warsaw
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : 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
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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 institutionenAbstract : This essay examines the intersection of Valerie Solanas' radical feminist manifesto, the S.C.U.M. READ MORE
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3. Approach to Lighting Design and Light Planning in Constructivist Buildings
University essay from KTH/LjusdesignAbstract : 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
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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 studierAbstract : 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
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5. Inger Ekdahl : Swedish Abstract Expressionism
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : 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