Collective art is an alliance between two or more artists with some elements in common, whether they work in one piece or each on their own, but with a specific objective that unites them.
The common features They are related to the technique they use, the ideology, the profit, the disciplines that feed them and the time that this community lasts.
An example of collective art is the Sketch of the head of Pharaoh Ramses VI made in limestone ostracon in the 12th century BC. In ancient Egypt, although the names of some artists are known, there are many unsigned works of art, most of them the result of teamwork carried out simultaneously.
One of the hardest things can be defining what art is. Art comes from Latin ars - artis which is related to a skill being developed. But beyond the etymology, art is always linked to the expression of ideas, emotions, worldviews, with a purpose or in an aesthetic way.
Next we are going to explore a little more about the collective art of our times.
Collective art is the joint work between two or more artists on a piece or on various pieces spun by a theme to produce a work of art.
It may happen that this work is carried out in unison or that it is carried out from different places and meets later and is presented together.
Collective art it is executed from a single discipline or from many of them to create a harmonious whole around an idea.
At the end of the 60s and during the decade of the 70s various artistic groups emerged in Mexico. The political and student movements of 1968 related to state violence due to the Tlatetolco massacre were the context in which these artistic groups were strengthened..
The event that marked the beginning of the history of Mexican art was the X Paris Youth Biennale 1977. Despite the curator's dissatisfaction with the strong political content of the selection of Latin American artists, the Mexican section captured the public's attention. Upon their return to Mexico, the pieces were shown at the MUCA.
From that moment on, more and more young Mexicans sought to group together to decipher a new language through experimentation with various materials and artistic supports..
They were restless young people who did not want to repeat what was inherited from other generations and were looking for different spaces to exhibit their works and interact with the public..
This moment known as the Generation of the Groups is key to understanding the future of collective art in Mexico.
Among the highlighted groups, we find:
Atte. The direction: from multiple disciplines and street performances they criticized the forms of power and their relationship with the people and with art.
Freelance Photographers: who made exhibitions in the streets of the city to portray the urban landscape crammed with advertising, prostitutes, transvestites, rock, drugs.
Frame: they explored language and its polysemy. They also used the streets to engage passersby with the creation of collective poems or intervened with urban elements with words. They created a magazine with his name where language and images were added to convey his ideas. This literary movement moved many fibers of society.
Art is not a spontaneous response, normally for any artistic creation many things intervene such as:
The artistic creations of collective art can give the impression of being made by the same person, especially if what summons them is the same technique. So more than standing out as individuals, what they seek is to highlight the work that, as a whole, has an added value, that of uniformity that points to the same objective.
People who come together to make collective art can congregate around a common ideology of a political or conscientious nature and orient their work to the same search, that of transmitting that idea from one or more disciplines.
Collective art can be carried out from a single discipline, as in the case of painting exhibitions with a specific theme or technique by different authors, or be nurtured by several of them, as in the performing arts or theater, where music dance, literature, clothing and the visual arts can all be directed towards the same end.
Most of the artistic groups come together to make their work visible for more than profit. What leads them to join is the sum of forces that helps the ideology they have to transmit to reach more people.
The unions of people to make art usually have a certain time, the time it takes to fulfill the proposed objectives. After that they disperse and can meet again to achieve new goals.
As you can see, behind collective art there are many efforts, that is why we want to share with you some of the main techniques of collective art..
It is a technique in which a space is used to recreate the work. It can be a room, a wall, the floor or a street where people pass and can interact with the work until they become protagonists.
These facilities can be temporary or permanent.
Is a painting on a wall, whether of a house, a building or concrete walls of road infrastructure works, such as bridges. It is one of the techniques most used today by collectives, but also by individual artists.
In general, they seek to convey an idea of reflection with images in the community in which they are exhibited..
It is a discipline in which artists seek to generate a reaction in the viewer through elements such as music, dance, theater, plastic arts with which they expose their ideas, and they can do so in museums, art galleries, cafes, bars or even on the street.
As you can see, collective art is one of the most widely used means of expression not only in Mexico but in the world, and it can be an excellent tool to send powerful messages to the world..
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