Between Nicolas Bourriaud and Santiago Sierra: antagonism as a relational strategy

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  • Fabiola Tasca Professor of Guignard School at UEMG.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.62318

Keywords:

Santiago Sierra. Politics in art. Relational aesthetics. Tucumán Arde. Contemporary art.

Abstract

The text articulates approximations and distancing between the work of Spanish artist Santiago Sierra and the theoretical assumptions that guide the notion of relational aesthetics as drawn up by French critic Nicolas Bourriaud. By making use of Tucumán Arde’s situation, which is understood as an emblem of the aspirations of imbrication between the art and politics of a generation, the argument hereby presented underlines the aloofness of those aspirations represented by the work of Santiago Sierra, impounded from the term “relational antagonism”. This text relies on the relevance of this concept enunciated by British art theorist Claire Bishop as a key to reading the critical character of the polemic artistic maneuvers finished in or through Sierra’s work.

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Author Biography

Fabiola Tasca, Professor of Guignard School at UEMG.

Fabiola Silva Tasca. Artist and researcher. PhD in Arts from the School of Fine Arts at UFMG. Professor of Guignard School at UEMG. She is currently developing the project named Mão de obra: arte e trabalho no contexto de certas práticas artísticas contemporâneas [Art Labor: art and work in the context of certain contemporary artistic practices] (2012-2016), in which she discusses certain relationships between art and work at present.

Published

2016-05-01

How to Cite

Tasca, F. (2016). Between Nicolas Bourriaud and Santiago Sierra: antagonism as a relational strategy. PORTO ARTE: Revista De Artes Visuais, 20(34). https://doi.org/10.22456/2179-8001.62318

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