Art collective
Art Collectives are groups of artists who collaborate or come together for combined productions or activities.
More traditional art collectives tend to be smallish groups of two to eight artists who produce gallery shows and maintain a collective space, while some newer, more experimental kinds of groups include intentional networks, anonymous, connector, hidden or nested groups, and groups with unconventional timescales.
Art collectives are significant in part because of their increased collective intelligence made possible by the cross-combination of multiple creative minds, and also due to the high social richness and networking capacities involved.
From 2001 to 2005 there has been exponential growth in both the number and varieties of groups springing up in cities around the world.
Interesting art collectives, past and present include:
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16 Beaver Group
Ant Farm
Anti Gravity Surprise (AGS)
Archigram
Atlas Group
Barnstormers
BaseKamp
Beige
Burning Man splinter groups
C CRED
Colab
Critical Art Ensemble
Dearraindrop
Electronic Disturbance Theater
eToy
The Fool
Forcefield
FreeCycle
Friends With You
Gelatin
General Idea
Glowlab
Group Material
Guerrilla Girls
Instant Coffee
LoVid
Madagascar Institute
Meta-Collectives
Negativeland
Nsumi
Ocean Earth
PAD/D
Paperrad
Pirate Radio Groups
Radical Software Group
Reclaim the Streets
REPOhistory
Royal Art Lodge
RTMark
Slanguage
Subway Parties
THE THING
Temporary Services
Toyshop
UnionDocs
Ultra-Red
Whirl-Mart
Some galleries that show collectives include: