Art and Revolution. The Legacy of the 20th Century and Contemporary Understandings

Ideja revolucije je, shodno prilikama koje su oblikovale društveni život tijekom 19. i 20. stoljeća, u značajnoj mjeri uvjetovala i umjetničko stvaralaštvo sve do današnjih dana. Stvaraoci s početka prošlog stoljeća bili su vjerojatno najizričitiji u svojim naporima da raskrste s nasljeđem modernog doba i razruše instituciju umjetnosti te da posredstvom svoje prakse izmijene svijet. Ipak, avangardna težnja za revolucioniranjem društva putem ukidanja udaljenosti između umjetnosti i života dovela je, prije svega, do revolucioniranja Svijeta umjetnosti u okviru kojeg se nakon neoavangardnog perioda kanoniziraju nove umjetničke prakse i njima svojstveni fenomeni poput performansa, akcija, happeninga itd. Ovom ćemo prilikom zato ispitati načine na koje kako avangardno, tako i neoavangardno nasljeđe uvjetuje suvremenu scenu te razumijevanje revolucije u kontekstu umjetničkog stvaralaštva iz današnje perspektive.The idea of revolution, which to a great extent shaped the social life during the 19th and 20th century, has influenced the field of art until the present day. The artists from the beginning of the last century were probably the most explicit in their attempts to break off with the traditions of the previous era, dismantle the institution of art and through their practice change the social reality. However, the avant-garde aspiration to revolutionise society by eliminating the assumed distance between art and life led primarily to the revolutionisation of the Artworld during the neo-avant-garde period with the emergence of new forms of artistic expression such as happenings, actions, performance pieces, etc. Regarding the avant-garde and neo-avant-garde legacies we will examine how they influence contemporary understandings of revolution concerning present artistic practices