Moderní umění a hledání smyslu
| Title in English | Modern Art and the Searching for Meaning |
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| Year of publication | 2025 |
| Type | Requested lectures |
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| Description | What Is modern art? What Is its purpose, and what does it tell us about the world we live in? A lecture focused on the key trends that have shaped the evolution of art from the late 19th century to the present day. How does modern art differ from past eras? Or does it differ at all? We will explore how modern art responds to social, cultural, and technological changes and how it grapples with questions of identity, subjectivity, and globalization. What does “art” mean in an era when any object can be considered a work of art? What role does art play in critiquing society, political change, and the search for new forms of communication? The lecture will also examine the paradoxical relationship between aesthetic value, financial worth, and conceptual or philosophical depth—an ever-present tension in modern art. And finally, how can we, as visitors to modern art museums, make the most of these contradictions? |