Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31664/zu.2019.105.03
Exhibition Networks in the “Globalized” Contemporary Art Field — The Case of Contemporary Artists from Croatia
Tihana Puc
orcid.org/0000-0003-2659-5893
; independent researcher, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The contemporary art field is increasingly the object of distant reading, in particular when examining the globalization of the immensely expanded field and the complexity of relations that configure it. Despite the rise in the availability of structured data that such a practice presupposes, lacunae reflecting global asymmetries remain. Highlighting the issue for Croatia, the paper examines the impact of globalization processes on the contemporary artists from Croatia.Artists’ biographies are used as a source for mapping the artists’ circulation, and as a data source for network analysis. The analysis of the exhibition activity of sixty-one artists for a twenty-year period brings insights into the geographical and institutional distribution of the exhibitions, as well as into the construction of artists’ international “careers.” The examination of artists-institutions networks sheds light on the conditions of their international intersections. Finally, an indication of future research is given, directed towards uncovering potential subsystems, beyond those which have thus far been recognized to have been created under the impact of territorial or status-related factors.
Keywords
globalization of contemporary art; contemporary artists from Croatia; contemporary art exhibitions; artistsinstitutions networks
Hrčak ID:
233171
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2019.
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