Hello !!! I'm a new resident in USA... and need to discuss with somebody who know well the organization of comtemporary art in USA ...??? :-)

Hello !  My name is Fantin, I live in Pasadena CA  USA   since  1
year... in my country I'm graduated of a master degree of art.

First I introduce me too you.
My activity is very "wide angle"  ... but i mostly interrested by the
social or political interaction and reactions generated by the meeting
of the reality and the poetry ... in my creative process i work more
like an Art Director a Designer  or simply a poet more than a
"traditionale artist"  for exemple I do not draw... I write.... I do
not made myself a lot.. or a little but prefere to manage people who
know better than me how to do certain things or parts of my work.
Or I buy object, materials produced by the industry in supermarcket or
whatever the store...

I quited my country because i didn't apreccied the politics of the
cultural system organization of my country ... 85 or 90 percent under
control by the government specialy for artist who make art like mine.
I like the idea of the governement support the cultural research but
in France, my country there is a mixt of situation who make the life
really unconfortable for certains artists;  it's the mixt of Utopies
and ambitious  political program with high level of regulation on
social and economical plan of almost all market include comtemporary
art-market .

for me the simple fact to know the governement control directly or
undirectly almost all gates of my carrier was not an idea who satisfy
me... so that's why today  I choosen to live in USA.

L-A is enormous and very difficult to catch by a quick
understanding....
I try in the same time I make my art ... to understand what is the
life of a "young american artist"  who is not in a stricktly in a
commercial thinking... who make research with a spirit of  personal
plastical & conceptual reflexion.
How they build there carrier  ?  what's the importance of  artist
association in USA ?? who have the "power" to make an artist in USA ??

But  mostly I am  wondering about what happens for them in the moment
between they finish school to their first group show in a good
contempary art museum for exemple ....   sorry if my question look a
little bit naive... but I write quickly and it's late, i'm tired :-)
and had not preview at all to write this text on this forum.

IF you think we can discuss about this subject I will aprecied a lot,
and if you have any questions about the situation of the contemporary
art in Europe, i will be very concerned to give you my knowledge ...
but for being clear I'm not a painter of flower or farm of boat etc
etc ... I know more and I'm more interrested by the situation of 
contemporary Art  ... those automatic "keywords" will help you
probably to "locate me"   ...   Intallation, MAMCO, ready-made, Bruce
nauman, haim steinbach, ACE gallery, Sia Armagiani, Daniel Buren, 
Paolo ucello,  art & language,  Ed Rusha, Claude closky, art
conceptuel,  Marcel Broodthaers, Alan Kaprow, Stanley Brown  etc etc  
I'm tired.. and this exercise is not funny ... :-)

YOU who read me !  Have a nice week, and thank you to have open my
message.
By advance thank you if you decide to answer me :)
Bye 

Fantin Multi