reference of sharing

Is in the following context "sharing" equivalent to

1. a collective ideal

or

2. a culture of the use of forms, a culture of constant activity of signs based on a collective ideal

Context:

Artists’ intuitive relationship with art history is now going beyond what we call ‘the art of appropriation’, which naturally infers an ideology of ownership, and moving toward a culture of the use of forms, a culture of constant activity of signs based on a collective ideal: sharing