Nádej umenia v dobe hyperestetiky - Antropologické aspekty súčasného umenia (slovensky) – Pariláková Eva (2021)

How does art help us restore hope? What is the difference between art and hyper-aesthetics? Why are meaning, spirituality, and seriousness the main characteristics of art? To what extent is contemplation, silence, and slowness important when encountering art? In her theoretical reflections on these questions, the author always draws from the interpretation of specific works of art. Therefore, the reader will encounter, for example, these authors and works in the book: Bill Viola's video art The Raft, Tomas Tranströmer's poem From March 1979, Jannis Kounellis's installation Tragedy of Civility, and several films (Sean Penn: Into the Wild, Kim Ki-duk: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, Ruben Östlund: The Square, Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life). It is precisely through the reflection on the experiential qualities and unique meanings of these works that the author arrives at more general findings about the anthropological aspects of contemporary art that are capable of revitalizing the hopeful mode of human life that is so urgently needed today. "Hope, however, does not mean a superficial or naive state of false expectation that all human problems will be resolved. It is rather a way of experiencing that does not escape the difficulties and sorrows of our existence into the virtual...