Diversas miradas del artista sobre la vulnerabilidad del mundo del arte contemporáneo
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2024
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06/06/2024
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En este trabajo se pretende mostrar la mirada de diversos artistas contemporáneos sobre el mundo del arte. Para ello, se ha entrevistado a doce artistas contemporáneos mediante entrevistas semiestandarizadas. Además, se ha desarrollado un planteamiento teórico mediante el pensamiento de filósofos como Walter Benjamin, Mark Fisher y Slavoj Žižek. Como conclusiones se puede extraer que el mercado del arte está totalmente condicionado por la sociedad poscapitalista actual. Aunque en los últimos años nuevos actores, como son las redes sociales, se hayan hecho un hueco en el mundo del arte, democratizando de cierta manera el acceso, este sigue siendo muy elitista. Otro de los factores que afectan al mundo del arte es la descontextualización de las obras. Esta descontextualización se produce principalmente en los museos y, junto a la reproductibilidad técnica, es la responsable de que las obras pierdan su aura, o, por decirlo de otra manera, su significado. La reproductibilidad técnica también es la responsable de la mercantilización de las obras. La mercantilización, que a priori no es algo negativo, contribuye a que el público general deje de consumir arte actual, quedando el consumo de arte reducido a los grandes nombres de los siglos pasados. El arte actualmente tiene dos corrientes en su creación. Una en la que el arte se desarrolla desde el conocimiento de una ideología o un discurso, y otra en la que el arte se desarrolla ajeno a la ideología y, por ende, a la realidad de la que se rodea.
In this work we intend to show the insights of several contemporary artists on the current art zeitgeist. In order to do this, we have done semi-standard interviews to twelve contemporary, active artists. Besides, we have developed a theoretical frame using the thesis by philosophers Walter Benjamin, Mark Fisher and Slavoj Žižek. We reached the conclusion that the art marketplace is entirely conditioned by the current post-capitalist society. And, although in recent years new factors, such as social media, have emerged and carved a niche in the world of art, somewhat allowing for a more democratic gateway into it, the art zeitgeist is still profoundly elitist. Another factor affecting the world of art is the decontextualization of the artwork. This occurs mainly in museums and, adding mechanical reproduction, it is the reason for the loss of aura of the art piece; in other words, its loss of meaning. Mechanical reproduction is also responsible for the commodification of the work of art. Commodification at first may not seem negative, but it is contributing to the fact that the current wider public stopped consuming current art production, focusing and admiring only the great masters of bygone eras. Currently, there are two schools of thought regarding art production: One stipulates art is created within a discourse, an ideology, aware of its context. The alternative says art is created alienated from ideology and thus the reality in which it is created; art-for-art’s-sake.
In this work we intend to show the insights of several contemporary artists on the current art zeitgeist. In order to do this, we have done semi-standard interviews to twelve contemporary, active artists. Besides, we have developed a theoretical frame using the thesis by philosophers Walter Benjamin, Mark Fisher and Slavoj Žižek. We reached the conclusion that the art marketplace is entirely conditioned by the current post-capitalist society. And, although in recent years new factors, such as social media, have emerged and carved a niche in the world of art, somewhat allowing for a more democratic gateway into it, the art zeitgeist is still profoundly elitist. Another factor affecting the world of art is the decontextualization of the artwork. This occurs mainly in museums and, adding mechanical reproduction, it is the reason for the loss of aura of the art piece; in other words, its loss of meaning. Mechanical reproduction is also responsible for the commodification of the work of art. Commodification at first may not seem negative, but it is contributing to the fact that the current wider public stopped consuming current art production, focusing and admiring only the great masters of bygone eras. Currently, there are two schools of thought regarding art production: One stipulates art is created within a discourse, an ideology, aware of its context. The alternative says art is created alienated from ideology and thus the reality in which it is created; art-for-art’s-sake.