by Alexandre Melo · Documenta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789898618054
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«Sistema da Arte Contemporânea» is Alexandre Melo's essay on contemporary art, published by Documenta in paperback (159 pages, in Portuguese).
The author argues that the contemporary art system is articulated in three interconnected dimensions: economic, cultural, and political. Its global nature must be understood in the context of globalization. He maintains that what is considered art in a society is fixed by an informal consensus: an object accepted, disseminated, and exhibited as a work of art ends up being one, regardless of prior definitions.
Published in 2012, the essay appears in the Art and Culture categories and falls within contemporary art studies.
A work of interest to art students and readers who want to understand the mechanisms of valuation of contemporary art.
