tailieunhanh - Where is sculpture nowadays? Resume of the DLA thesis

As grounds for a systematic account of the arts, Herder’s approach seems problematic: as for Hegel, who later similarly attempts to use different means of sensible representation (or media) as a means systematically to differentiate the arts, both literature and architecture cause difficulties for Herder, as neither appears to be directed towards a single sense. (And this is only to mention two other very central, recognized arts in the (eighteenth century) “system of the arts.”) I shall not, however, be concerned with these overarching systematic concerns, however. Herder’s systematic approach does lead him to. | HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS Doctoral School Where is sculpture nowadays Resume of the DLA thesis Lili Cseh 2009 Supervisor Tamás Kốrốsényi associate professor Subject of the thesis The subject of my DLA thesis is contemporary sculpture. My starting point was the experience that although the term is used in various situations its meaning is not clear enough. One of the reasons can be that sculpture during the changes throughout the 20th century consolidated all innovative efforts thus expanded so much that for nowadays all characteristics which could distinguish sculpture from other arts have disappeared. Practically any object or any three-dimensional piece of art can represent a sculpture. On the other hand there is an artistic practice that is based on the traditions of sculpture. In my thesis I approach contemporary sculpture from here I examine how artists of today relate to the traditional notion of sculp-ture1 2 what role does this relationship play in their artistic practice. This starting point has a personal aspect as my own artistic activity is highly influenced by sculpture. My objective is to recognize and turn conscious the role that sculpture plays in the process of creation of my works. Methods of the thesis 1. I presuppose that the complexity of contemporary sculpture can be observed in the relationship between sculpture as art sculpture as a piece of work and sculptor. Thus to establish further researches I define aspects of these notions that are important for me In present days one can say sculpture to an artistic activity that presents a relationship to sculpture of the past. So we can consider contemporary sculpture as a reaction to modern sculpture and to sculpture in the expanded A contemporary sculpture is a piece of art - which has tangible substance - where the raw material is formed in accordance with its creator s intention - where the intention to establish a relationship with sculpture has played a role during the process