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What's Wrong with Contemporary Art?
Peter Timms
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Paperback. Peter Timms asks why is contemporary art so in thrall to spruikers and promoters, and why do their extravagant claims so rarely match the reality? Why does the market have such power, and how does it dictate the art we are allowed to see? Why are art schools, museums and the media apparently so eager to fall in line with commercial expectations? Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
In this provocative book, Peter Timms asks confronting questions. Why is contemporary art so in thrall to spruikers and promoters, and why do their extravagant claims so rarely match the reality? Why does the market have such power, and how does it dictate the sort of art we are allowed to see? Why are art schools, museums and the media apparently so eager to fall in line with commercial expectations?
In this provocative book, Peter Timms asks confronting questions. Why is contemporary art so in thrall to spruikers and promoters, and why do their extravagant claims so rarely match the reality? Why does the market have such power, and how does it dictate the sort of art we are allowed to see? Why are art schools, museums and the media apparently so eager to fall in line with commercial expectations?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9780868404073
SKU
V9780868404073
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