Sociological problems regarding construction of the artistic value

MARIANA CERVIÑO

Viena

Congreso; 3º ISA Forum of sociology; 2016

Sociological problems regarding construction of the artistic valueMariana CerviñoProfessor in the University of Buenos Aires, researcher of CONICET (national council of scientific and technologic investigations)The classical perspective about the economy of the symbolic goods, suggests that within it interact two logics not always peaceful between each other. On the one hand, for its own legitimization, artists look for a kind of recognition, preferably by their peers, and not firstly for their economical success. The circulation of the works, that influences on that symbolic value and at the same time takes it for granted, in a way, has to do, however, with the possibility of entering a market of art. The search for the first kind of value, implies most of the time a lack of interest over an immediate economic monetary retribution, and therefore, finds itself in conflict with the own circulation of the work. Meaning that both logics imply mutually, but not always in a harmonic way. Starting of this problematic base, we propose the following axis of discussion around the formation of not only the economic value of work, but the symbolic one as wellProduction: Commercial art and Avant- garde art; types of artistic strategies; social types of artists; trajectories and artistic ethos; adaptations and ruptures; ways of recognition and consecrating instances.Circulation: the local and international field; centers and peripheries within the international circuit of art; public policies; individual challenges.Commercialization: public and private collectionism; types of collectors; types of collections; the short and long term and it´ s effect on the value.