scholarly journals Resisting the Pressures of the Global Art Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Marko Saranovic
Keyword(s):  
Art Market ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University ◽  
Global Art ◽  
The Way

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essays discusses the pressures of the global art market on artists, as well as the way in which the price of an artwork in the art market came to stand for its quality, rather than the other way round. Using the case of the Viennese artist Christian Ruschitzka, the essay suggest that there is some resistance and genuine critique possible, but only under certain conditions.

scholarly journals 'SUPERCARGO', the Art of Peter Moosgaard

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-91
Author(s):  
Martin Ochsenhofer
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay considers the ways in which our need for differentiation on one hand and identification on the other shapes our relation to commodites and fuels their magical, fetishistic properties. Using the case of Peter Moosgaard's art project SUPERCARGO, it is argued that this art piece can unsettle the way we conceive of commodities, and reveal what may have previously been unconscious.

scholarly journals Fashion and Neoliberalism: How Self-commodification Becomes Integral to the Entrepreneurial Ethical Fashion Designer

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Vigdís Þóra Másdóttir
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Art Market ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
Fashion Designer ◽  
Fashion Designers ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay discusses the challenges faced by fashion designers within the contemporary neoliberal fashion and art market, in particular the neccessity to self-commodify and brand oneself if one wishes to succeed. The article builds also on interviews with the New York based fashion designer Arna Lísa.

scholarly journals Glocalization: An Analytical Path Towards More Inclusive Contemporary Art?

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Lina Abazine
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Art World ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
Art Worlds ◽  
The University ◽  
Global Art

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay deals critically with the notion of the 'global art world', showing that there may instead be numerous self-centred and ethnocentric art worlds, while also critically engaging with inequalities that persist within and across these art worlds and markets. In this respect it also deals with the work of the Iranian artist Aria Vooria, based in Vienna, and his struggle to escape streotypizations across different art worlds.

scholarly journals On Pricing in the Art Market and the Hierarchy of Materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Anna Kusché
Keyword(s):  
Art Market ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay discusses the multiple influences on the formation of price in the art market, while focusing in particular on the role of material used in the artwork when determing its price. This essay is inspired by discussions with the Viennese artist Anna Stangl.

scholarly journals ‘Poor Theatre’, Russian Avant-garde and the Art of Anna Bochkova

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Sophia Oberrauch
Keyword(s):  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay discusses the art of the Viennese based Russian artist Anna Bochkova in the context of the Russian avant-garde.

scholarly journals Rethinking Social Norms Through Performance Art

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Isabel Elisabeth Winter
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Performance Art ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay focuses on the role of performance art in challenging established social norms and the work of the Austrian artist Michael René Sell.

scholarly journals When the Forgotten and Discarded Becomes Art: Maren Jeleff’s Photography

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-109
Author(s):  
Benedicta Wöllauer
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Context ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay presents the artwork of the Austrian anthropologist Maren Jeleff, and image which has become a work of art by being forgotten and discarded in the first place, only to be redefined as valuable within the institutional context of the exhibition.

scholarly journals From Art to Waste and Back: Beate Seckauer and her 'Waves'

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
Katrin Krottenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay deals not only with the question of how to distinguish art, but also with a particular case of an artwork by Beate Seckauer which has been demaged and thus turned into waste. However, having been exhibited as artistic waste, it's quality of art has been revived, thus going to show the dependence of what is defined as art on the institutional framework.

scholarly journals Resisting the Power of Curators and the Professional Art Class

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Dafne del Carmen Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay focuses critically on the role of curators and 'art explainors' in determining what is art and what is worthy of our attention and argues that we should resist this infantilization of the audiences by the professional art class.

scholarly journals Art or Waste? A Discussion with the Art Collective UMETNIK*

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Theresa Rodler
Keyword(s):  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
University Of Vienna ◽  
The University

A student essay for the Special Student Issue of the Journal of Extreme Anthropology accompanying the art exhibition 'Artist's Waste, Wasted Artists', which opened in Vienna on the 19th of September 2017 and was curated by the students of social anthropology at the University of Vienna. This essay reflects on the artwork Alles Klar by the art collective UMETNIK*, which deals with the questions of separating art from waste.

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