Da capacidade (ou não) de flexibilizar sistemas

Abstract

This research refers to a need of thinking art as a mechanism of resistance against the growing institutionalization of the artistic field that has intensified since the nineteenth century in the West. Our aim is to bring together different artistic practices that reflect this position towards the precepts of Art Institution and investigate the possible tensions and upheavals generated therefrom. The first part will deal with the concept of Institutional Critique as understood by Andrea Fraser, one of the main theorists on the subject, analyzing some texts from authors such as Benjamin Buchloh to help us better understand the practices of artists who have resisted or even pressured the institution. In an attempt to broaden the concept and see new possibilities for theoretical application, we continue through the chapter on Foucault and Deleuze on the possibility of acting "outside" of the institution. Then, we try to relate the concept of Institutional Critique to postcolonial theories, analyzing especially the writings of Walter Mignolo and Antonio Negri. Based on this theory, our research will investigate practices of resistance by means of works and artistic actions. We are interested in examining how the artist made this visually critical to his own art system. Thus, in the second part we examine the practices of artists like Flavio de Carvalho, Nelson Leirner, Cildo Meireles and Paulo Bruscky in the Brazilian context