Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton

Seven Days in the Art World Sarah Thornton ebook
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780393337129
Page: 287
Format: pdf

I'm currently reading Seven Days In the Art World, by Sarah Thornton, perhaps most well known for her book about sub-cultural capital and the rave scene. I have enjoyed reading Sarah Thornton's insightful freelance pieces on the art world for quite some time, so you can imagine my delight when her new book, Seven Days in the Art World, was published. Felix Salmon passes judgment on Seven Days in the Art World. Ok, so this book presents a contemporary look at the 'art world' as we know it today and not so much in seven days (as the title would suggest) but in seven different aspects that make up the collective of the art world. I just read Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton and found it both a fascinating read and food for thought. World Book The World Book web site offers an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, homework help, study aids, and curriculum guides. Sarah Thornton is a writer and arts journalist best known for her 2008 ethnography 'Seven Days in the Art World', which drifted wryly through studios, colleges, Art Fairs and auction houses. Seven Days in the Art World has 7,849 ratings and 358 reviews. Sarah Thornton came full circle Tuesday, offering her take on the art world in CalArts room F200, the site of chapter two and Michael Asher's infamous critique class. We generally don't agree with Felix Salmon's rote assumption that Contemporary art is a bubble. P99: More people than ever are buying contemporary art, and chances are that most of it is historically insignificant. I just finished reading Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World, having been prompted to do so because it has been staring me down for some time now, and it happened to be checked in at the library. John Baldessari along with countless other artist(i.e Alvin Lucier, Judy Chicago, Sadie Banning, Michael Asher, Karen Finley, Peter Halley, Stan Douglas, Jim Shaw, Alan Kaprow,Jeff Wall etc. €�…because an artist' clout is determined by the number of invitations he gets to (private) parties” to paraphrase one commentator in Sarah Thornton's marathon art world book “Seven Days in the Art world”. As part of my art gallery management class I'm starting to read Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton. Sarah Thornton, author of Seven Days in the Art World, dramatically announced her withdrawal from the art world with an article in TAR magazine titled 'Top 10 reasons not to write about the art market'. One useful way of reading Seven Days In The Art World is as an artistic variant on Marshall McLuhan's notion that "culture is our business, and business is our culture." In this instance, our culture is art and it is all business. 7 Days in the Art World- The Crit. In this chapter Thornton relates her experience visiting the various studios and work spaces of Japanese contemporary artist, Takashi Murakami.