Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital

SARAH THORNTON

Polity Press

33 Artists in 3 Acts

This compelling narrative goes behind the scenes with the world’s most important living artists to humanize and demystify contemporary art.The best-selling author of Seven Days in the Art World now tells the story of the artists themselves―how they move through the world, command credibility, and create iconic works.33 Artists in 3 Acts offers unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Sarah Thornton's beautifully paced, fly-on-the-wall narratives include visits with Ai Weiwei before and after his imprisonment and Jeff Koons as he woos new customers in London, Frankfurt, and Abu Dhabi. Thornton meets Yayoi Kusama in her studio around the corner from the Tokyo asylum that she calls home. She snoops in Cindy Sherman’s closet, hears about Andrea Fraser’s psychotherapist, and spends quality time with Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their daughters Lena and Grace.Through these intimate scenes, 33 Artists in 3 Acts explores what it means to be a real artist in the real world. Divided into three cinematic "acts"―politics, kinship, and craft―it investigates artists' psyches, personas, politics, and social networks. Witnessing their crises and triumphs, Thornton turns a wry, analytical eye on their different answers to the question "What is an artist?"33 Artists in 3 Acts reveals the habits and attributes of successful artists, offering insight into the way these driven and inventive people play their game. In a time when more and more artists oversee the production of their work, rather than make it themselves, Thornton shows how an artist’s radical vision and personal confidence can create audiences for their work, and examines the elevated role that artists occupy as essential figures in our culture. 44 illustrations, 3 maps

Granta Books

Seven Days in the Art World - 2008 publication

Arts & Photography

Business of Art

W W NortonCo Inc,2008

Seven Days in the Art World

Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton. W W Norton & Co Inc,2008

Seven days in the art world

Business & Money

Industries

Seven days in the art world = Gendai ato no butaiura : gokakoku rokutoshi o meguru nanokakan [Japanese Edition]

7 Days in the Art world (Chinese Edition)

Renmin University of China Press

O Que e Um Artista? (Em Portugues do Brasil)

Ed Zahar

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