• Uses an artist alter-ego interspersed throughout the text as an introspective method of analysis, which is part autobiographical, part a voice for experiences of other artists factual self-reflection to test academic hypotheses in the real world
• Generates criticism and opposing opinions from both academics and practitioners. A tool for research and further debate
• Written for both scholars and students, and professional artists and those working in art and culture

Written for both scholars and students, and professional artists and those working in art and culture. A tool for research and further debate. Generates criticism and opposing opinions from both academics and practitioners. Uses an artist alter-ego interspersed throughout the text to illustrate arguments and let readers think of own encounters with art and artists.

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt

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.