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I don't think of "a yet unknown art" in terms of some future Great Art that needs to come into being. Rather, I think 99 % of what artists are already doing is "unknown" - if by "unknown" we mean art which is not known to the rather small nexus of international art media editors, critics and curators. So my vision of a yet unknown art has more to do with changing the ways in which art is marketed and disseminated to potential audiences, locally and globally. We need new kinds of patronage: funding and institutions that are not commercially driven or wholly dependent on corporate support. In the U.S., in particular, the art marketplace is highly distorted by market values which drive up the prices and visibility of the annointed few at the expense of the many. Corporate funding of cultural production pushes works with socially critical content to the limbo of low-budget spaces and no reviews. It's a winner-take-all system. While this may be fine (and even necessary) for collectors who are commodity speculators and status-seekers, it is not such a good thing for artists and their potential audiences. I don't feel there is anything that artists, themselves, need to be doing differently other than getting enough time to be in their studios to make their work.
Deborah Bright
Boston
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