High Price: Art Between the Market and Celebrity Culture

by Isabelle Graw

Today, the art world is not dominated by a small group of insiders. According to Graw, the art economy has been transformed from a retail business into an industry that produces visuality and meaning. This book questions the assumption of a dichotomy between art and the market, as well as the notion that market value is equal to artistic value. While examining the intrinsic connection between artistic production and its market conditions, Graw...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933128798
• ISBN13: 9781933128795
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher