Bordeaux vs. Paris: An Alternative Market for Local and Independent Artists?
In 1928, some young artists living in Bordeaux decided to create a local market for contemporary art, as an alternative to the Salon des Amis des Arts of their own city, on the one hand, which they considered retrograde and conservative, and to the centralized and centripetal Parisian world on the o...
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| description | In 1928, some young artists living in Bordeaux decided to create a local market for contemporary art, as an alternative to the Salon des Amis des Arts of their own city, on the one hand, which they considered retrograde and conservative, and to the centralized and centripetal Parisian world on the other. They joined forces to create the group of the “Artistes indépendants bordelais” (AIB) and they organized an annual exhibition in which they could sell their works, in Bordeaux. This article aims to understand the functioning of this so-called “provincial” alternative to Paris and to measure its potential success, both as a market and as an arbiter of taste. The analysis proves that the AIB exhibitions happened to be a semi-failure, since this local initiative could not detach itself from Paris. In order to gain legitimacy, the AIB invited avant-garde painters and sculptors and they left the door open to Parisian dealers and art critics but all these actors, in turn, overshadowed the artists from Bordeaux. This economic and symbolic domination stemmed from the lack of a strong artistic identity for this group, the absence of domestic galleries specializing in contemporary art and the low demographics of Bordeaux collectors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09ca5b60b1bf4883b5dc9b760aa2add12023-11-20T19:46:49ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522020-11-019411410.3390/arts9040114Bordeaux vs. Paris: An Alternative Market for Local and Independent Artists?Léa Saint-Raymond0Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, FranceIn 1928, some young artists living in Bordeaux decided to create a local market for contemporary art, as an alternative to the Salon des Amis des Arts of their own city, on the one hand, which they considered retrograde and conservative, and to the centralized and centripetal Parisian world on the other. They joined forces to create the group of the “Artistes indépendants bordelais” (AIB) and they organized an annual exhibition in which they could sell their works, in Bordeaux. This article aims to understand the functioning of this so-called “provincial” alternative to Paris and to measure its potential success, both as a market and as an arbiter of taste. The analysis proves that the AIB exhibitions happened to be a semi-failure, since this local initiative could not detach itself from Paris. In order to gain legitimacy, the AIB invited avant-garde painters and sculptors and they left the door open to Parisian dealers and art critics but all these actors, in turn, overshadowed the artists from Bordeaux. This economic and symbolic domination stemmed from the lack of a strong artistic identity for this group, the absence of domestic galleries specializing in contemporary art and the low demographics of Bordeaux collectors.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/9/4/114art marketdecentralizationArtistes indépendants bordelaisBordeauxParis |
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| title | Bordeaux vs. Paris: An Alternative Market for Local and Independent Artists? |
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| title_short | Bordeaux vs. Paris: An Alternative Market for Local and Independent Artists? |
| title_sort | bordeaux vs paris an alternative market for local and independent artists |
| topic | art market decentralization Artistes indépendants bordelais Bordeaux Paris |
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