Groups and Spaces

GROUPS AND SPACES

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A List of Artist Groups

This is an incomplete list of previously and currently active artist groups. While there are some performance art groups, theater and dance troupes are generally not included, nor are music groups, publishers, or more strictly activist political groups. Some curatorial collectives are included – both collectives of strictly curators and collectives of artists who curate.

The seemingly patternless variety of places and names in this list belies the idea that group practice or collaboration are part of a trend defined by time or location. Rather, these groups are part of a larger culture of collectivity and collaboration – a way of making art that is built upon the idea of working together.

The creation of this list was itself a group effort. We reached out to our friends and colleagues, to announcement lists and bulletin boards on the Internet, and additional people, groups and organizations. We have tried to confirm information to the best of our abilities, but any list like this is bound to contain errors. Many people sent us information on behalf of inactive groups that we were unable to confirm through other sources. Information on many of these groups – particularly inactive groups – is often very hard to come by. Histories of many groups are scarce, or were never recorded in a focused way or made accessible. Additionally, not all group members agree on the year that their group was founded, the date when it may have ceased operations or what to list for their location. Many groups become inactive but never officially dissolved.

Additional Notes:

Some groups on this list began as three or more people but are now administered by one or two persons or have changed focus; these groups are still listed in “Groups of 3 or More People” in the event that they may grow again. Some groups were started by two people but quickly grew and remained a larger group; these groups are primarily in “Groups of 3 or More People” as well. “Groups of 1 or 2 People” are groups that are generally administered by one or two people but commonly execute projects with additional people outside of the group and/or use a group name to both complicate the authorship of their work and insist on the fact that all art making is collaborative at some point, even if one chooses to hide this.

We have not included studios and ateliers that are named for an individual artist (for example, Atelier Van Lieshout or Acconci Studios). These arrangements typically have a more hierarchical structure than most of the groups included in this list and don’t necessarily celebrate the more egalitarian forms of creation that come from collaboration. This list also excludes individual artists who maintain individual authorship but work as a collective primarily to share resources, information and opportunities (for example, a women’s photography collective). The focus is on people who produce collaborative projects under a group name. Pairs of artists working together under a group name are included. Collaboratives of two people that use the artists’ actual names (for example, Komar and Melamid) are not. These personally named collaborations imply a closed structure rather than a platform for collaboration that could potentially expand to include others, or endure a change of membership.

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Many thanks to Greg Sholette, Scott Rigby, Ava Bromberg, and Daniel Tucker for their support and many conversations about gettting this site going again.

Please submit information about artist groups not listed here, add missing information, or help identify incorrect information.

GROUPS OF 3 OR MORE PERSONS IN ART OR ART-RELATED COLLABORATION

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24/7 - Various locations
The 8th of March - Bulgaria; 8mart.cult.bg/index.html
16 Beaver Group – New York, NY; www.16beavergroup.org
The 404 - Canada, UK and US; www.the404.org
NEW 6Plus - Tuscon, AZ; 6plus.org

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AAA Corp. - Marseille, France
A-Clip – Berlin, Los Angeles, London; www.aclip.net
Action Against Racism in the Arts (1978-1981) - NY, NY
Actual Size Artworks - Wisconsin; www.actualsizeartworks.com
AES – Moscow, Russia and Brooklyn, NY; www.aes-group.org & www.aes.zhurnal.ru
African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AFRICOBRA) - Various locations
Las Agencias – Madrid, Spain; www.lasagencias.org
Allegoric Postcard Union – Utrecht, Netherlands
An Architektur – Berlin, Germany; www.anarchitektur.com
Ant Farm (1968-1978) – San Francisco, CA
Anti Gravity Surprise – Chicago, IL; www.antigravitysurprise.org
ARC group – London, UK
Archigram - London, UK; www.archigram.net
Arde Arte – Argentina; www.geocities.com/ardearte2001
Art & Language – Coventry, UK
Art Front - ???
Art in Hidden Places of Falmouth - Falmouth, UK; art-in-hidden-places.blogspot.com
Art Kits International - Bristol, UK; www.artkits.org.uk
Art of Change - ???
Art Positive - Madison, WI
Artist Placement Group – London, UK; www.tate.org.uk/learning/artistsinfocus/apg/
Artists' Call against Intervention in Central America (1983-1986) - Chicago, New York and other cities
Artists for the Homeless - ???
Artists Meeting for Cultural Change (AMCC) (1975-1978) - NY, NY
The Artists Village, Singapore - Singapore; www.tav.org.sg
Artworkers Coalition (1969-1971) – New York, NY
a.titolo - Torino, Italy; www.atitolo.it