Naslov
Art Critics as Concentrators of the 1990s Art Scene in Zagreb

Autori
Sekelj, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Conference Digital Art History: Methods, Practices, Epistemologies II / Conference Program & Book of Abstracts / Horvatinčić, Sanja - Zagreb : Institut za povijest umjetnosti, 2019, 17-17

ISBN
978-953-7875-68-8

Skup
International Conference Digital Art History – Methods, Practices (Epistemologies II)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 04.11.2019. - 05.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
1990's, art criticism, digital art history, digital humanities, social network analysis

Sažetak
The existing scholarly research that deals with the art scene in Croatia from the year 1990 onwards often begins by stating that the 1990’s represented a radical lull in the scene’s development. In this scenario only about a dozen of art events are singled out, and this mostly as events that paved the way for the development of the so-called independent art scene after the year 2000. However, were the 1990’s really an “empty” period of time or did they only represent a change in the structural properties of the scene? If so, how to approach the research and subsequent interpretation of these changes? This research represents an effort to tackle this issue by way of using exploratory network analysis to describe the structure and dynamics of the art scene in Croatia during the 1990’s, its main actors and multiple relations that existed among them. This is approached through art criticism, i.e. through data gathered from Croatian newspapers, magazines and journals dedicated to following current artistic and/or cultural events (e.g. Vijenac, Kontura, Up & Underground, Transfer, Zarez). The goal of this analysis is twofold: firstly, to research the presence and role of the art critic in public discourse (and in relation to writers dealing with current events, music, film, literature) and, secondly, to determine the main institutional and individual actors on the local scene and the relations among them. The visualizations also give insight into connections with a transnational artistic community, that is – the presence of foreign artists, curators, exhibitions and institutions in public discourse in Croatia during the 1990’s.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest umjetnosti

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