| Title | : | Your Everyday Art World (MIT Press) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026201923X |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-30 |
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Over the past twenty years, the network has come to dominate the art world, affecting not just interaction among art professionals but the very makeup of the art object itself. The hierarchical and restrictive structure of the museum has been replaced by temporary projects scattered across the globe, staffed by free agents hired on short-term contracts, viewed by spectators defined by their predisposition to participate and make connections. In this book, Lane Relyea tries to make sense of these changes, describing a general organizational shift in the art world that affects not only material infrastructures but also conceptual categories and the construction of meaning.Examining art practice, exhibition strategies, art criticism, and graduate education, Relyea aligns the transformation of the art world with the advent of globalization and the neoliberal economy. He analyzes the new networked, participatory art world -- hailed by some as inherently democratic -- in terms of the pressur
Editorial : Your Everyday Art World is a smart account of the functionality of the art world in the context of information-age capitalism. Relyea's sharp readings of trends, exhibitions, and artworks attend closely to the interweaving of the social and the economic in the art world's 'networked culture' of platforms, flexibility, and mobility, demonstrating how closely its values adhere to those of contemporary neoliberalism.
(Frazer Ward, author of No Innocent Bystanders: Performance Art and Audience)
Don't worry: this isn't yet another 'sociology of the art world.' In writing that is conversational in the best -- Socratic -- sense of the term, Lane Relyea offers a compelling analysis of the rise of networked connectivity and DIY agency in contemporary art, and the extent to which they shape our actions as art world denizens.
(Sven Lutticken, Assistant Professor, Art History, VU Amsterdam)
With prose of galvanizing punch and verve, Lane Rely
As I read onward, through relatively plodding chapters, I kept expecting a really decent overview and wrap up. This is one of three books I use as a reference when negotiating licensing agreements for the artists I represent. What I like least is when the author goes on very wordy tangents, which seem unnecessary. Any artist not familiar with the new art-world paradigm is at a tremendous disadvantage. It could probably be updated, like a previous reviewer stated, but it is still very helpful when determining royalty rates. Lane Relyea's academic writing style tends to be cumbersome and tedious - I prefer lucid writing with a diverse tempo and verbs that do the heavy lifting however his research and insightful commentary expound on the form of today's art world. I'd say it's a great option for an MFA class, or any advanced student of fine art that wants to learn about the lasting affects of 90's art, which has yet to make it into the history books.. I would like to see a follow up to th
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