Mayan

I´m tring to do a presentation about globalization in art, if it is good or bad for art, i would love to have artists opinions. Thanks!!!

Judy Decker

Greetings ArtConversation Visitors,

You will find a lot of information online . Here is just a sampling:
Globalization, technology changing the art world
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/11/2...globalization/

Art in the Era of Globalization
http://www.republicart.net/disc/mund...ammer01_en.htm

The Work of Art in an Age of Diversity and Globalization
http://www.uqtr.ca/AE/vol_4/mette1.htm

Globalization and the Contemporary Art World
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/i...-artworld.html

Here is a book that is online:
The Effects of the Nation: Mexican Art in an Age of Globalization By John V. Waldron, Carl Good
http://books.google.com/books?id=CzW...rHxht4HLQLPwFs

You might want to focus on one culture and the impact of globalization.

Lots more out there....

Judy Decker

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If variety is the spice of life, as they say, then the variety of art that is brought into the global arena will definitely spice up the human spirit, enrich the content of art and engender a wider understanding of the universal language that art is.

Katja

Dear Judy,
thx a lot for the links. I also want to write my master thesis about art and globalization, but so far haven't decided about the topic. I hope to find some hint there
BR
Katja

Nikki B.

it is a dificult topic to discuss really, this one of art globalization.

it can be as positive as it can be negative.
the internet is one of the windows that have opened to golbalization of artwork, and in turn we find pages and pages on the internet showing us a vast amount of "trash" artwork.
art is losing its place and losing a slight value by being so easy access.

on the other hand, slightly contradictive, i apreceate the idea of art being at reach to anyone anywhere.
that there should be no boundary to who can create and who can own art.

i simply find that there is a balance to be had, and that maybe things are tiping over.
i worry that art will become like anyother thing which there exists too much of and is of too easy access, lose its value but most important of all, lose the value to people.

i'm not sure this is of any help, or even if you posted this ages ago.

i wish you good luck on a topic like this one

Magpie

nicolous bourriaud curatored a exhibition called 'altermodern' and he talked about globalisation and how it affects contemporary art.

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The impact of globalization on art is INEVITABLE and has taken place with every exposure of diverse groups to one another. It cannot help but promote blossoming of current and future art; but, it will never dilute or change the origins and manifestations of the traditional arts. The question is whether the new will ever attain the quality and value of the old.

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I just thought I'd post on some of my former research done on the positive and negative effects of globalization on indigenous art forms. While traditional approaches are certainly valuable in identifying the idiosyncrasies of particular cultural groups, globalization is often an important tool in futhering exploration of older, perhaps less popular areas of aesthetic investigation. For instance, many age-old visual practices have fallen under the "folk arts" category - not wrongly perhaps - but many of these art forms celebrate unique approaches that when adopted in a contemporary or cross cultural format, can result in extremely engaging works. My research on Indian miniature painting suggests this. As a centuries-old tradition, miniature painting holds a special place in the hearts of many, but its evolution was cut short following the "golden age" of the Mughal empire. Nowadays, miniature painters primarily produce copies of old masterworks. While there is certainly value in upholding traditional processes, the waning interest in these approaches by members of the contemporary arts community has threatened its future.

Thankfully, a renewed interest in the art form has been sparked by several contemporary artists hoping to rediscover its potential. Globalization has played an extremely pivotal role in this, with auction houses in New York and London fueling a market for neo-miniature paintings and thus helping to kick start a new generation of artists. The resulting works both celebrate tradition while deeply investigating its contemporary applications.

There are certainly groups of people who disagree with this renewed approach (as is usually the case). Regardless, an invigorating conversation on the topic has been opened and will likely continue to spark interest in the otherwise dying practice.

umtsler

do think that globalization is good for the art.
artists now much easier to have the possibility to their works all over the world without managers present