RSSLecturing:
Transgressions in Christian Iconography of the 20th century: «Crucified Christ»from Manet to Serrano” by Jerica Ziherl (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka – HR)
Transgressions frequently instigated two parallel processes in the visual arts during the late 19th and early 20th century. One process comprises a critique of dominant aesthetic, artistic, existential and political discursive institutions. The other is a projection of novelty as an actual or future disposability. One of the most transgressive subjects with the European artists was deviation from the Christian iconography, especially in depicting Christ. This essay is going to analyze a few works by transgressive artists and the typology of transgression connected to the subject of crucified Christ. From Courbet to Manet, Christ has been being depicted as an ordinary man, a mortal, his portraits becoming ordinary. This opened doors to a new aesthetics based on negating the doctrine, conventions and taboos, with its most prominent artists being Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and, by the end of the 20th century, Andrés Serrano.
“Nature, lecture and video presentation” by Tanja Dabo (Academy of Apply Art Rijeka – HR)
A film dealing with deeper psychological reasons for doing something (art) that does not bring material reward to the person doing it but only ‘food for the ego’ and an experience of personal value.
The visual and audio content of the film are not related directly but symbolically.
The visual part, the footage, shows an uninterrupted, slow-moving picture of nature, green grass, trees, without the presence of people or other intruding elements. The nature symbolizes human nature here.
The audio part gives snippets of conversation of the author with a psychiatrist, on the need to act “according to (artistic) nature”. Acting in such a way often meets with condemnation or criticism and is endlessly subject to questioning about reasons and motives that support the faith behind the conduct.
The film examines the human need for acting ‘according to one’s nature’… for the
kind of conduct that an individual feels he must pursue regardless of the absence of
social approval, remuneration, recognition etc.