Compresiones: política cultural, economía y mercado en Colombia (1991-2015)| Compressions. Cultural Politics, the Economy and the Market in Colombia (1991-2015)

Compressions. Cultural Politics, the Economy and the Market (IN SPANISH)AbstractThis reflection presents, in a compressed form and in four installments, the time / space of the Colombian  art scene, as shaped by the historical determinants of the late 20th and early 21st century. The first part gives an account of how writing the history of Colombian art responds to cultural policy pathways that are part of the consolidation and development of neoliberal models applied to the modern nation. These have triggered criticism, essays and monographic productions that chronicle the new artistic practices from multiple perspectives. The resulting criticism are framed in the alleged modernization of the state, characterized by a decentralizing vocation, a feverish obsession with the archive, the professionalization of the art space and the establishment of an art market that seeks the impossible “general equilibrium”. In this manner, local stories with global aspirations re-register the Colombian experience within the Western family in the hegemonic timeline,  its maps and its markets.