Are the Arts Becoming Less Exclusive?
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Köp båda 2 för 687 krIs art for everybody? Why do art lovers attach so much value to authenticity, autonomy and authorship? Why did the arts become so serious in the first place? Why do many artists reject commerce and cultural entrepreneurship? Crucially, are any of ...
Combining an economic perspective with sociological and historic insights, this book investigates the separation of popular and serious art over a period of almost two centuries. As the boundaries between our perceptions of established art and pop...
It is striking how much data Abbing has covered and examined in this book dedicated to the changes in the social and economic relations in the world of serious art. This is why I think this book is a goldmine for a researcher interested in the dynamic creative and commercial circumstances in which serious art was put after its dominance has gradually diminished throughout the 20th century. (Duan Milenkovi, Popular Inquiry, Vol. 2, 2021) This is presented in a kind of textbook form. It is aimed at students and others who want to learn, has lots of summary-like headings throughout, with breakout-sections, asides and QR links to a webpage where more data can be found. (Justin OConnor, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 45, 2021)
Hans Abbing is a visual artist and economist. He is also Emeritus Professor in Art Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and teaches MA Cultural Economics and Cultural Entrepreneurship at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His bestselling book Why are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts (2002) has been translated into several languages and continues to be used in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses worldwide.
Chapter 1: Preface.- Chapter 2: The Triumph of Serious Art.- Chapter 3: Authentic Art and Artists.- Chapter 4: Exclusion.-Chapter 5: Distrust of Commerce and Commercialism.- Chapter 6: Sharing Art.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.