Arrière-Garde Blog
Unique Approaches to Ecological Art: Works by Conrado Zanotto
The art world is increasingly changing, and collectors are looking into alternative types of content in the art they buy. We also see an exponential growth of collectors with strong orientation toward preservation, ecology and social issues who transform their homes in sustainable housing solutions in which even interiors objects and artworks are committed to the cause.
These truly engaged collectors require galleries to rethink ideas of transparency, flexibility, diversity, and sustainability. And they are turned off by some ingrained practices of the art market, such as elitism and exclusivity (think of the velvet rope outside a vernissage). All in all, they prefer to avoid pretentious vernissages and blockbuster museum exhibitions, and love art initiatives and institutions which address pressing matters such as the global urgency in respect to climate change, animal world’s welfare, pollution and other ESG related topics.
Ethically Committed and Political Art by Marcelo Amorim
The art collector’s world is increasingly changing, hence, visual appeal and originality are no longer enough. As ethical values and political engagement are pressing matters in today’s world, collectors want the fresh art they include in their repertoire to come from artists who explore topics related to the future of our Planet and are concerned with the political realities our future generations will inherit from our current one.