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'''Tomáš Pospiszyl''' (1967) is an art historian, critic and curator based in [[Prague]]. He focuses on Czech and world art of the 20th and 21st century. Pospiszyl works at the [[CAS Prague|Centre of Audiovisual Studies]] at FAMU (since 2003) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (since 2012), where he also serves as the head of the Department of Theory and History of Art. Since its foundation he has been affiliated with the [[tranzit.cz]] association.
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'''Tomáš Pospiszyl''' (1967) is an art historian, educator, writer, and curator based in Prague. Since 2016 he has been chair of the Department of Art Theory and History at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Tomáš Pospiszyl’s projects range from early modernism, avant-garde, and neo-avant-garde to contemporary art. His publications in English include the anthology ''Primary Documents: A Sourcebook for Eastern and Central European Art since the 1950s'', which he edited with Laura Hoptman (MIT Press, MoMA, 2002), and a selection of his essays ''An Associative Art History: Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World'' (JRP Ringier & Les Presses du Réel, Zurich 2017). His current research focuses on official art in post-war Czechoslovakia and the work of the critic [[Jindřich Chalupecký]]. [https://artmargins.com/horizontal-art-history-and-beyond-revisiting-peripheral-critical-practices/ (2024)]
  
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Tomáš Pospiszyl worked as a curator in The National Gallery in Prague (1997-2002). He was a research fellow at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2000), and served at the editorial board of ''[[Umelec]]'' magazine.  
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Tomáš Pospiszyl worked as a curator at the National Gallery in Prague (1997-2002) and since 2003 at the [[CAS Prague|Centre for Audiovisual Studies]] at FAMU. He was a member of the editorial board of the magazine ''[[Umelec]]'' and was associated with the [[tranzit.cz]] initiative since its foundation.  
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His publications include the anthology ''Primary Documents; A Sourcebook for Eastern and Central European Art since the 1950s'' (2002), which he edited with Laura Hoptman, two volumes of his essays, ''Srovnávací studie'' (2005) and ''Asociativní dějepis umění'' (2014), and numerous catalogue essays and magazine articles.  
 
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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* ''David Černý - Promrdané roky III / The Fucking Years III'', Prague: Respekt, 2009, 120 pp. {{cz}}/{{en}}
 
* ''David Černý - Promrdané roky III / The Fucking Years III'', Prague: Respekt, 2009, 120 pp. {{cz}}/{{en}}
  
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* editor, with Ivan Adamovič, ''Planeta Eden. Svět zítřka v socialistickém Československu 1948-1978'', Prague: Arbor vitae, 2010, 248 pp. [http://www.arborvitae.eu/knihy/detail/item/title/planeta-eden-svet-zitrka-v-socialistickem-ceskoslovensku-1948-1978/] {{cz}}
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* editor, with Ivan Adamovič, ''Planeta Eden. Svět zítřka v socialistickém Československu 1948-1978'', Prague: Arbor vitae, 2010, 248 pp. [http://www.arborvitae.eu/knihy/detail/item/title/planeta-eden-svet-zitrka-v-socialistickem-ceskoslovensku-1948-1978/ Publisher]. Review: [https://sd.usd.cas.cz/pdfs/sod/2011/01/13.pdf Franc] (Soudobé dějiny). {{cz}}
  
 
* ''Vladislav Mirvald'', Prague: Arbor vitae, 2010, 160 pp. [http://www.arborvitae.eu/knihy/detail/item/title/vladislav-mirvald/] {{cz}}
 
* ''Vladislav Mirvald'', Prague: Arbor vitae, 2010, 160 pp. [http://www.arborvitae.eu/knihy/detail/item/title/vladislav-mirvald/] {{cz}}
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* ''[[Media:Pospiszyl_Tomas_Asociativni_dejepis_umeni_2014.pdf|Asociativní dějepis umění: poválečné umění napříč generacemi a médii. Koláž, intermediální a konceptuální umění, performance a film]]'', Prague: tranzit.cz, 2014, 208 pp. [http://cz.tranzit.org/cz/publikace/0/publication/tom-pospiszyl-asociativn-djepis-umn-an-associative-history-of-art Publisher]. [http://cz.tranzit.org/en/lecture_discussion/0/2014-12-11/tom-pospiszyl-associative-history-of-art-post-war-art-across-generations-and-media-collage-intermedia-and-conceptual-art-performance-and-film Book launch]. {{cz}}
 
* ''[[Media:Pospiszyl_Tomas_Asociativni_dejepis_umeni_2014.pdf|Asociativní dějepis umění: poválečné umění napříč generacemi a médii. Koláž, intermediální a konceptuální umění, performance a film]]'', Prague: tranzit.cz, 2014, 208 pp. [http://cz.tranzit.org/cz/publikace/0/publication/tom-pospiszyl-asociativn-djepis-umn-an-associative-history-of-art Publisher]. [http://cz.tranzit.org/en/lecture_discussion/0/2014-12-11/tom-pospiszyl-associative-history-of-art-post-war-art-across-generations-and-media-collage-intermedia-and-conceptual-art-performance-and-film Book launch]. {{cz}}
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** ''An Associative Art History: Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World'', trans. Ivan Gutierrez, Prague: tranzit.cz, and Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2017, 293 pp. [https://worldcat.org/oclc/1027690055 TOC]. Review: [https://journals.openedition.org/critiquedart/36788 Arnoux] (Critique d'art, FR). [http://tranzit.org/en/publications/0/publication/tomas-pospiszyl-an-associative-art-history-comparative-studies-of-neo-avant-gardes-in-a-bipolar-world Publisher]. {{en}}
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** ''[[Media:Pospiszyl Tomas An Associative Art History Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World 2017.pdf|An Associative Art History: Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World]]'', trans. Ivan Gutierrez, Prague: tranzit.cz, and Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2017, 293 pp. [https://worldcat.org/oclc/1027690055 TOC]. Review: [https://journals.openedition.org/critiquedart/36788 Arnoux] (Critique d'art, FR). [http://tranzit.org/en/publications/0/publication/tomas-pospiszyl-an-associative-art-history-comparative-studies-of-neo-avant-gardes-in-a-bipolar-world Publisher]. {{en}}
  
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* ''David Černý'', BIGGBOSS, 2017, 336 pp. {{cz}}
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* ''David Černý'', Prague: BiggBoss, 2017, 336 pp. {{cz}}
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* editor, ''[[Media:Vladimir Ambroz Akce Actions 2017.pdf|Vladimír Ambroz. Akce / Actions]]'', Prague: BiggBoss, 2017, 227 pp. [https://shop.biggboss.cz/products/vladimir-ambroz-akce Publisher]. {{cz}}/{{en}}
  
 
* ''Posledních padesát let'', Hradec Králové: Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové, 2020, 107 pp. [https://www.galeriehk.cz/vystavy/poslednich-padesat-let/ Exhibition]. [https://eshop.galeriehk.cz/poslednich-padesat-let/ Publisher]. {{cz}}
 
* ''Posledních padesát let'', Hradec Králové: Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové, 2020, 107 pp. [https://www.galeriehk.cz/vystavy/poslednich-padesat-let/ Exhibition]. [https://eshop.galeriehk.cz/poslednich-padesat-let/ Publisher]. {{cz}}
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===Essays===
 
===Essays===
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* [http://www.artlist.cz/texty/radsi-bych-byl-andelem-7331/ "Radši bych byl andělem"], ''Artlist'', n.d. Written for the exhibition of Jiří Kovanda, ''Radši bych byl andělem'', Josef Sudek Studio, 6 Dec 2006—14 Jan 2007. {{cz}}
 
* [http://www.artlist.cz/texty/radsi-bych-byl-andelem-7331/ "Radši bych byl andělem"], ''Artlist'', n.d. Written for the exhibition of Jiří Kovanda, ''Radši bych byl andělem'', Josef Sudek Studio, 6 Dec 2006—14 Jan 2007. {{cz}}
 
* [http://www.artlist.cz/texty/konec-umeni-7330/ "Konec umění"], ''A2'' 23, Prague, 2007. {{cz}}
 
* [http://www.artlist.cz/texty/konec-umeni-7330/ "Konec umění"], ''A2'' 23, Prague, 2007. {{cz}}
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==Links==
 
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* [http://www.avu.cz/users/1004 Profile at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague]
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* [http://www.avu.cz/users/1004 Profile on Academy of Fine Arts, Prague]
 
* [https://www.artlist.cz/teoretici/tomas-pospiszyl-697/ Profile on Artlist]
 
* [https://www.artlist.cz/teoretici/tomas-pospiszyl-697/ Profile on Artlist]
 
* [http://en.isabart.org/person/8866 Profile on AbArt]   
 
* [http://en.isabart.org/person/8866 Profile on AbArt]   

Latest revision as of 21:29, 27 November 2024

Tomáš Pospiszyl (1967) is an art historian, educator, writer, and curator based in Prague. Since 2016 he has been chair of the Department of Art Theory and History at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Tomáš Pospiszyl’s projects range from early modernism, avant-garde, and neo-avant-garde to contemporary art. His publications in English include the anthology Primary Documents: A Sourcebook for Eastern and Central European Art since the 1950s, which he edited with Laura Hoptman (MIT Press, MoMA, 2002), and a selection of his essays An Associative Art History: Comparative Studies of Neo-Avant-Gardes in a Bipolar World (JRP Ringier & Les Presses du Réel, Zurich 2017). His current research focuses on official art in post-war Czechoslovakia and the work of the critic Jindřich Chalupecký. (2024)

Tomáš Pospiszyl worked as a curator at the National Gallery in Prague (1997-2002) and since 2003 at the Centre for Audiovisual Studies at FAMU. He was a member of the editorial board of the magazine Umelec and was associated with the tranzit.cz initiative since its foundation.

Publications[edit]

Books[edit]

  • with Petr Babák, Octobriana a ruský underground. Neuvěřitelný příběh Petra Sadeckého, Prague: Labyrint, 2004, 280 pp. [1] (Czech)
  • with Vanda Skálová, Alén Diviš, Prague: Nadace Karla Svolinského a Věry Kubátové, 2005, 252 pp. (Czech)
  • Josef Bolf: velká černá kniha / Big Black Book, Prague: Divus, 2009, 120 pp. [2] (Czech)/(English)
  • David Černý - Promrdané roky III / The Fucking Years III, Prague: Respekt, 2009, 120 pp. (Czech)/(English)
  • editor, with Ivan Adamovič, Planeta Eden. Svět zítřka v socialistickém Československu 1948-1978, Prague: Arbor vitae, 2010, 248 pp. Publisher. Review: Franc (Soudobé dějiny). (Czech)
  • Vladislav Mirvald, Prague: Arbor vitae, 2010, 160 pp. [3] (Czech)
  • Jan Pištěk. Živly / Elements, Prague: Arbor vitae, 2011, 88 pp. (Czech)
  • David Černý, Prague: BiggBoss, 2017, 336 pp. (Czech)
  • Posledních padesát let, Hradec Králové: Galerie moderního umění v Hradci Králové, 2020, 107 pp. Exhibition. Publisher. (Czech)
  • Rotrekl, Prague: Kunsthalle Praha, 2022, 336 pp. Publisher. (Czech)
  • with Veronika Čechová, Příběh Jindřicha Chalupeckého, Prague: Společnost Jindřicha Chalupeckého, 2022, 95 pp. (Czech)
  • editor, Jindřich Chalupecký. Texty a kontexty kritika umění, Prague: Akademie výtvarných umění, 2023, 396 pp. Review: Rampley (Centre of modern art & theory Brno). [4] (Czech)

Essays[edit]

  • "Odkud kráč Nočni chodci. K interpretaci malířského cyklu Františka Hudečka", Umění/Art 71:1, 2023, pp 40-49. (Czech)}

Further texts in A2, Artalk.

Links[edit]

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