Some of us are confused by works of contemporary art. The seemingly complex terminology and our own uncertainty about the “correct” interpretation of art objects alienate us from the world of contemporary art.

The intensive will give you a basic navigation in styles, schools and trends of contemporary art and immerse you in socio-cultural and artistic contexts. You will be able to adjust your spectator’s optics and formulate your own attitude to what you see and experience.

The course will help you to overcome the distance between you and actual artistic practices and make the distant and incomprehensible close and available for perception.

FOR WHOM IS THE INTENSIVE
For all those who are interested in contemporary art, want to understand its styles, schools and directions, and want to form their own point of view on contemporary art.

For those who want to expand their horizon of perception of contemporary art and want to immerse themselves in its meanings, contexts, and latest practices.

The course is suitable for both non-professionals and those who are already making their first steps in the artistic environment.

WHAT THEY WILL LEARN AND WHAT THEY WILL BE TAUGHT.
Get acquainted with iconic works of contemporary art and learn to recognize the style, direction and signature of 20th and 21st century artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Maurizio Cattelan, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Louise Bourgeois and others.

Learn the roles, functions, and tasks of the curator, gallery owner, collector, art dealer, and museum worker as applied to the contemporary artist.

They will learn to articulate what they have learned and felt, and analyze their approach to the study and articulation of their own position.

They will acquire the basic tools that will allow them in the future to independently understand, formulate and argue their point of view.

Get acquainted with methods and approaches to the analysis of works of art.

STRUCTURE OF THE INTENSIVE

Day 1: What is contemporary art?
Day 2: Typology of contemporary art
Day 3: trends of contemporary art
Day 4: Institutional structure of contemporary art