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Accepted Paper:
'When multiplicity is not enough.' Questioning 'global art' from an analysis of Lima's contemporary art scene and its art agents' transnational participation
Giuliana Borea
(Newcastle University Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
This paper explores the construction of Lima's art scene through the articulation of and simultaneous practices at local, regional and global levels, focusing on art collectors and curators and raising attention on indigenous art. It questions the concept of 'global art.'
Paper long abstract:
This paper questions the concept of 'global art' from an analysis of the construction of the Lima contemporary art scene and its art agents' simultaneous multiscale participation. I will focus on the work and strategies of art collectors and curators in specific platforms to show how Peruvian and Latin American art is defined, positioned and fostered locally, regionally and in the mainstream art museums and fairs, and how networks of art and power operate. I will include analysis of the ways in which Amazonian indigenous art circulates today as Peruvian contemporary art and shows how this responds to 'global art' agendas and national processes. This paper argues that the notion of 'global art', which promotes the idea of multiple art worlds beyond hegemonies, obscures elite power and the prevailing dominant Euro/American perspective and formats in the arts, enabling their expansion. This presentation is based on my forthcoming book Configuring the New Lima Art Scene: An Anthropological Analysis of Contemporary Art in Latin America (Bloomsbury 2020) and my current research on Amazonian indigenous art.