El arte sí tiene sexo

Abstract

In this paper, we will take Bourdieu and Heinich theories and we will use cases studies to emphasize the importance of symbolic recognition for the development of artistic work. We will expose why the acts of credit exchanged among artists have a great importance, they can show a marked androcentric bias without receiving a negative sanction or even being perceived. The curator-author and the artist-curator recent figures, together with a growing reflexivity towards the exhibition conventions, have renewed the participation of artists in the recognition traffic. In these practices, feminine gender often has an aspect of undervaluation, contravening feminist achievements in artistic institutions. In relation to these issues, we will analize the increase of women in artistic education and the assymmetry with their professional careers. The logic of symbolic domination, the definition of excellence, the qualities that define the figure of the artist and the charismatic ideology underpin a persistently sexuaded universe.