Universität Wien

080048 SE Painting after modernism (2022W)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 8 - Kunstgeschichte und Europäische Ethnologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 06.10. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 13.10. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 20.10. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 27.10. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 03.11. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 10.11. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 17.11. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 24.11. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 01.12. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 15.12. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 12.01. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 19.01. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20
  • Thursday 26.01. 14:15 - 16:15 Seminarraum 2 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-20

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar attempts to approach the blurred concept of the Nachmoderne and the controversial position of painting after World War II by focusing on the work of three female painters of different generations: Maria Lassnig (1919-2014), Mary Heilmann (*1940), and Jutta Koether (*1958). In the work of all three, the relation of painting and body plays a crucial role. All three have challenged modern paradigms of the purity or specificity of the medium (C. Greenberg) as well as the formal autonomy of the image. Their works are defined by a sometimes affirmative, often critical and subversive engagement with the history of painting of the tradition and of modernism. After the often declared end of modern (or modernist) painting, they have found very different new resources in the seemingly exhausted medium. The seminar asks, among other things, whether this continuation of painting can also be described in gender-theoretical terms.
The focus of the work will be on work-analyses and an examination of the artists' texts. The historical context of their works will be important. The ability to analyze works in detail and the linguistic precision in the translation of visual observations are the essential skills to be developed.

Assessment and permitted materials

- active participation in discussions
- presentation (Referat)
- In-depth study in the form of a written paper (approximately 40,000 characters of continuous text).
- By registering for this course, you agree that the automated plagiarism checking software Turnitin will check all written submissions you make in moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Minimum requirement:
- Compulsory attendance. In case of absence due to illness or exceptional family situation, written proof must be submitted.
- For a positive completion of the course, all partial performances must be achieved.
- Seminar paper: to ensure good academic practice, the course instructor may invite students to a grade-relevant interview after submission of the paper, which must be completed positively.

Assessment standard:
- active participation in discussions 15%
- oral presentation 30%
- In-depth study in the form of a written term paper 55%.

Examination topics

The painterly work of the three artists, their texts, selected literature and relevant works in the history of painting.

Reading list

Will be provided via a seminar apparatus and via moodle.

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