Artist collective
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An artist collective or art group or artist group is an initiative that is the result of a group of
Many artist collectives had and still have a major and significant influence on the various epochs of art history. In a broader sense, literary groups and group formations of musicians can also be referred to as artist collectives or groups.
Description
Purpose
The aim of the artistic initiatives was and still is to get in touch with other artists, to point out
In contrast to the mostly programmatically oriented artist collectives, only the costs for the use of common workspaces or artist
Between Artist Duo and Artists' Colony
The transition from artist collective to
The opposite extreme of an artist group is the artist duo – the smallest, but also the most symbiotic form. Often there are real-life partnerships (as with Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, or also with Gilbert & George). It is not uncommon for larger groups of artists to emerge from the "nucleus" of a duo, such as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, for example, developed from the founding duo John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt.
Criteria for the term "art collective" or "art group"
Designations such as "The Tachists" or Junge Wilde (The Young Wild Ones) cannot be assigned to any real groups of artists; they merely indicate common stylistic features within an epoch. A clear indication of the actual existence of such a group is a written memorandum such as that published in André Breton's Surrealist Manifesto in Paris in 1924 and signed by several like-minded artists. As a result, the members of such a group committed themselves to subordinate themselves to a common goal. This also included the group exhibitions, to which everyone should contribute their part instead of just showing themselves.
Overview
Artist collectives have occurred throughout history, often gathered around central resources, for instance the ancient sculpture workshops at the marble quarries on Milos in Greece and Carrara in Italy. During the French Revolution the Louvre in Paris was occupied as an artist collective.[citation needed]
More traditional artist collectives tend to be smallish groups of two to eight artists who produce work, either collaboratively or as individuals toward exhibiting together in gallery shows or public spaces. Often an artist collective will maintain a collective space, for exhibiting or as workshop or studio facilities. Some newer, more experimental kinds of groups include intentional networks, anonymous, connector, hidden or nested groups, and groups with unconventional time-scales.
Artist collectives may be formed:
- for economic reasons, to give members volume purchasing power and allow costs of publicity and shows to be shared,
- for political reasons, to increase local lobbying power for arts infrastructure, to gather behind a cause or belief,
- for professional reasons, to develop a higher group profile that benefits the individuals by association, to create a hub for curators and commissioners to more easily locate potential talent.[citation needed]
See also
- Artist cooperative
- Art colony
- Art movements
- Art assossiation
- Musical collective
References
Further reading
- Asavei, Maria-Alina (2014-08-21). "Collectivism". Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974710-8.