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Art as Enterprise: Social and Economic Engagement in Contemporary Art

Art as Enterprise: Social and Economic Engagement in Contemporary Art

McQuilten, Grace
White, Anthony

Paperback

Art Criticism & TheoryArt HistoryBusiness of Art

ISBN10: 1350437573
ISBN13: 9781350437579
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Aug 22 2024
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Art is produced, circulated, consumed and disseminated within an economic system - it depends on money for its creation, for the livelihood of its makers, and for its distribution. In this sense, art can be understood as an enterprising activity. However, profit-making is rarely the primary goal of artists, and indeed the entanglement of art with enterprise generates significant aesthetic, conceptual, philosophical and ethical challenges for contemporary art practice. Social enterprise has emerged from this complex terrain with the promise of an alternative model of economic organisation in the arts. Grace McQuilten and Anthony White argue that artists can, and have, engaged critically in the commercial market, by way of this model. Art as Enterprise brings a fresh perspective to the debate about the roles of contemporary art in consumer capitalist society.

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