Terrarium. Lectures by Anton Pronenko 2020: Eroticism and nudity in visual culture
Description of the course
The course by an artist Anton Pronenko on the role of eroticism and pornography in visual culture. Using the examples of painting, architecture, advertising, fashion, and film, you will learn about how erotic images are created, where is the line between erotica and pornography, whether it exists at all. Six lectures reveal a wide range of topics and images. Pornography, classic art, and artist’s advice are combined into a comprehensive educational course.
Goal of the course
To give students a new perspective on world and Ukrainian culture without shame and primitiveness. To use to eroticism, it is not enough to copy foreign examples or limit yourself by the national context. Erotica is a world of culture, communication, and honesty. The program will give a fresh and comprehensive look at the topic, which Ukrainian film directors, cameramen, and artists don’t treat sufficiently, deeply, and seriously. These lectures will be equally interesting to people of creative professions and anyone interested.
Програма курсу
- Erotica in Ukraine. Traumas and discoveries – November 11
- Sexualization of a woman and a man – November 18
- Erotic fetishes – November 25
- Non-traditional erotica – December 2
- On the edge of porn – December 9
- Porn and high culture – December 16
Format
Online
Cost of the course
250 UAH per 1 lecture, 1500 UAH for a course of 6 lectures
Lecturer of the program
Anton Pronenko was born in Lviv in the family of an artist-restorer. He studied at Taras Shevchenko State Art Secondary School (Fine Arts) and the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (department of Scenography and Screen Arts). Anton combines the profession of an artist and a researcher-promoter of art and culture.
Creator of dozens of lectures and lecture courses, including:
- What I Forgot in the Museum – about art for teenagers, Close-Up Art, Lost Masterpieces (fro Cultural Project),
- Anton Pronenko Talks about Renaissance Art, Antique Painting,
- documentary film by Anton Pronenko and Andriy Horokhov Ersatz of the Renaissance (for the Izoliatsiya Fund),
- research lectures The Ukrainian Modern, Revolution of Oleksandr Murashko, Ukrainian Art without Sharovary,
- administrator of the educational community and excursion platform on Facebook This Is Kyiv, Baby (together with Tetyana Mykytenko).
He was twice a teacher of the scriptwriting intensive program Terrarium in Kyiv and Lviv where he gave lectures The Influence of Fine Art on Cinema. Creator of the YouTube online course Ukrainian Art.
The author of studies on Fine Arts and Urbanism of Ancient Rome and the Italian Renaissance. Creator of private travel programs in Italy and France.
As an artist, Anton works in the genre of figurative art. In his paintings, graphic works, and collages, he updates classical art, turns to modern images and topics, including culture, aesthetics, and sexuality. He is engaged in monumental painting and book illustrations. The creative formation of the artist was influenced by Renaissance art, antiquity, impressionism, and the artistic theories of Mykhaylo Boychuk.
Anton considers Nartsys Kochereshko, Serhiy Podervyanskyi, Oleh Zhyvotkov, and Lyudmyla Milyaeva to be his informal mentors.
In 2017, he became a resident of the art center Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany.
Lives and works in Kyiv. Currently, the lecturer’s portfolio includes more than 50 personal lectures and courses, which are regularly held at the Cultural Project, IZONE, Terrarium, Art Wednesdays, etc. Cooperates with the Izoliatsiya fund.
Exhibitions
Face 2015 – Institut Français d’Ukraine
«La Méditerranée» 2017 – Ornament art space
«Byzantine Electricity» 2018 – Lviv Organ Hall Gallery
Curator projects
Exhibition of Dmytro Krasny Loneliness of Hypatia 2019 – Lviv Organ Hall Gallery
Exhibition of Oleksandra Hryhorieva Die Stadt 2019 – Lviv Organ Hall Gallery
Projects by the lecturer:
https://culturalproject.org/courses/art-in-details-2018-autumn
https://culturalproject.org/courses/sch0-ya-zabuv-u-muzei
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgnTgpt2K-Yya67Yx9hGWVSBEyTVSRVzS
https://culturalproject.org/courses/lost-masterpieces-2018
http://www.kebbelvilla.de/de/anton-pronenko