High Art down Home An Economic Ethnography of a Local Art Market

Name: High Art down Home An Economic Ethnography of a Local Art Market
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ISBN: 9780226670843

ISBN-10: 0226670848

ISBN-13: 9780226670843

Edition: 1998

Authors: Stuart Plattner

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How do artists, collectors, dealers, and curators whose lives and livelihoods are so intimately affected by the valuation of art manage to cope with such an intangible market? To answer this question, Stuart Plattner eschews the spotlights and media-hype of glitzy New York galleries, and focuses instead upon the more localized, and much more typical, world of the St. Louis art scene. What emerges is the most comprehensive description ever published of a contemporary regional avant-garde center, where noble aesthetic ambitions compete with the exigencies of economic survival. Plattner's skillful use of in-depth interviews enables the market's key participants to speak for themselves, giving…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/25/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.89" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



List of Illustrations Preface



Introduction



The Rise of the Modern Art Market



The St. Louis Metropolitan Area



Artists



Dealers



Collectors



Conclusion



Glossary of Art Speech



A Note on Art and Craft



Art as Investment



The Influence of the Japanese on Auction Prices



Statistical Comparisons among the Largest Metropolitan Areas



Art in America and Local Gallery Guide Listings



Secondary Skills Necessary for a Professional Artist



Gender and Teaching Positions


Notes


References


Index