INSIDE THE BIENNALE DEVICE TO SUBVERT THE “ECONOMY OF THE CONTEMPORARY”

A consideration on the relationship between S.a.L.E., Biennale and Institut Ramon Llull.

The consideration we purpose is the following one: is it possible to practice a certain kind of subversion of the Biennale device even hosting an official pavilion?

The Biennale paradox doesn’t escape from the wicked dynamic of the creative economy. On one side the Exhibition of visual arts is, undeniably, an occasion to deal with the global trends of contemporary art, on the other it works as a device that enforces real estate rent together with academic and cultural entities.