Unit SYSTEMS AND LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY ART
- Course
- Communication studies
- Study-unit Code
- GP003448
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Stefania Petrillo
- Teachers
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- Stefania Petrillo
- Hours
- 36 ore - Stefania Petrillo
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-ART/03
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian language
- Contents
- Ideas, spaces and actions. Languages ¿¿and dynamics in the global art circuit between the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Reference texts
- The course slides will be made available on UNISTUDIUM at the end of the lessons.
STUDY TEXTS
Attending students:
L. Alloway,
Network: The Art World Described as a System,
in “Artforum” 11, September 1972, pp. 1-15 (UNISTUDIUM).
N. Heinich, Il paradigma dell'arte contemporanea. Strutture di una rivoluzione artistica, Johan & Levi Editore Milano 2022.
Students not attending the degree course in Archeology and History of Art:
A. Del Puppo, L'Arte contemporanea. Il secondo Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 2013, pp. 10-131.
L. Alloway,
Network: The Art World Described as a System,
in “Artforum” 11, September 1972, pp. 1-15 (UNISTUDIUM).
N. Heinich, Il paradigma dell'arte contemporanea. Strutture di una rivoluzione artistica, Johan & Levi Editore Milano 2022.
Students not attending the Degree course in Communication Sciences
Choice of one of the following manuals:
S. Settis - T. Montanari, Arte. Una storia naturale e civile., vol 5, Dal Postimpressionismo al contemporaneo, Milano, Mondadori, 2019, pp. 294-473.
L. Parmesani, L'arte del XX secolo e oltre. Movimenti, teorie, scuole e tendenze, Milano, Skira, 2012.
And then:
L. Alloway,
Network: The Art World Described as a System,
in “Artforum” 11, September 1972, pp. 1-15 (UNISTUDIUM).
N. Heinich, Il paradigma dell'arte contemporanea. Strutture di una rivoluzione artistica, Johan & Levi Editore Milano 2022.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for the compensatory tools ensured by law (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, workbooks, provided if necessary in advance of the lessons), for which consult https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa.
For the request, students are invited to ask the teacher, who will put them in contact with the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Educational objectives
- The course offers an expansion of knowledge of the visual arts in relation to the most recent trends and dynamics that govern - on the international scene - their production, promotion, market and collecting.
Through a targeted selection of authors and works, appropriate methodological tools for analysis, understanding and critical evaluation are provided.
In particular, the training objectives will be:
- Knowledge
Learn about the major protagonists and main languages ¿¿of visual arts between the 20th and 21st centuries.
Know the dynamics, roles and spaces on which the international art system is based from the second half of the twentieth century up to the latest trends.
Capacity
Knowing how to recognize and frame authors, works and phenomena in relation to exhibition contexts, public and critical reception, and the role of clients and collectors.
Knowing how to analyze and communicate formal typologies, organizational models, promotion channels, methods of fruition and the dynamics of the global art market with a good knowledge of specific vocabulary.
Skills
Acquire appropriate methods and adequate judgment also as a function of independent research and in-depth paths. - Prerequisites
Knowledge of the foundations of twentieth century art history.- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face with audiovisual material
Practical training
Seminar lectures
Field trips - Other information
Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on University services, consult the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it)- Learning verification modality
- At the end of the course, the student will have to take an oral exam.
The test, lasting approximately 30 minutes, includes questions on the topics covered in class and discussion on the texts indicated in the bibliography.
The following will be checked and evaluated in equal measure: knowledge of the main languages ¿¿and artistic trends between the mid-20th and 21st centuries, the ability to contextualize artists and works, the ability to organize, critically rework and appropriately expose the contents.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies ensured by law, to be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of tests and exams. For general information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or SLD Department Coordinator (prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Extended program
- At the origins of the modern contemporary art system: brief introduction in historical perspective on the relationship between artistic tendencies, exhibition occasions and the role of collectors.
The art market: typology and defining elements of the commercial value of the artistic product from the 1950s to the 1960s.
Trending exhibitions in public museums.
New exhibition spaces: from the artist's studio to international fairs.
The role of major collectors.
The relationship of the public with contemporary art: spaces and roles of communication, criticism and publishing.
The times of art: production, use, duration.
The new frontiers of artistic production: immateriality of the work of art and "overcoming the limit". - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 4 Istruzione di qualità
5 Uguaglianza di genere
12 Consumo e produzione responsabili