The artist Karl Marx and the auctioned god: ‘Post-practice’ ethnographies of the art world, impossible collaborations, and renewable anthropologies

Autor(en)

Manuela Ciotti

Abstrakt

Drawing upon ethnographic moments recorded at two of the most prominent art world institutions, the Venice Biennale and the auction house Christie's at its New York headquarters, this article reflects on what it means to investigate the global art world ethnographically and interrogates some of the current trends within the anthropology of art. In particular, the article shows the potential of re-focusing the attention on the interconnectedness of art-world actors, institutions and objects in time and space in order to produce expansive narratives on the art world which reflect not only how art is produced in the present and in the past but also its circulation and commerce. Moreover, by challenging the anthropology of art's focus on the anthropologist-artist dyad, their practice and collaborations, the article shows how a renewed engagement with the art world as an ethnographic field site brings about possibilities for a renewal of anthropology itself.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Journal

Journal of Cultural Economy

Band

13

Seiten

725-742

Anzahl der Seiten

18

ISSN

1753-0350

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2020.1806445

Publikationsdatum

2020

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504017 Kulturanthropologie, 504009 Ethnologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Cultural Studies

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 7 – Bezahlbare und saubere Energie

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