The Work of Art: Value in Creative Careers

by Alison Gerber

Book Overview

Artists are everywhere, from celebrities showing at MoMA to locals hoping for a spot on a caf wall. They are photographed at gallery openings in New York and Los Angeles, hustle in fast-gentrifying cities, and, sometimes, make quiet lives in Midwestern monasteries. Some command armies of fabricators while others patiently teach schoolchildren how to finger-knit. All of these artists might well be shown in the same exhibition, the quality of work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503603822
• ISBN13: 9781503603820
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"