A Manifesto for Being Correct in the Arts
You’ve been to the correct schools and universities
You’ve been to the correct galleries & museums
You’ve been to the correct conferences & festivals
You’ve said the correct things to the correct people
You’ve supported the correct artists & correct canons
You’ve pulled rank on less correct individuals & groups
You’ve given prizes to the correct individuals & groups
You’ve chosen the correct route to boost your status
You’ve chosen the correct route to boost your power
You’re so correct you may not even know this is about you…
To be honest, and while I even sympathize with some of the sentiments, this comes off more like a manifesto for the begrudged and grumpy artist.
There are very few of us (artists) that this actually applies to. If everyone is tired of the same 'ol privileged tactics in rising the ranks of the art market, I think it would be much better off calling it out as being a corporate institution and discrediting (or ignoring?) its value in our culture. Somehow the culture has to be reinvented. I am doing my bid by refusing sales of my work to anybody with a high yearly salary, and for lowering the prices (or to trade) so that others can collect.
I suppose more needs to be done, but I am not in support of this kind of attack.
Hi Glenn,
Much thanks for your thoughts on the matter…
It's more of a polemic on the conditions that dominated freedom of expression.
It is not proposing an absolute, just for individuals & groups to explore where alternatives may exist, rather than just going through the motions of being directed by social scripts dominating our societal behaviours.
A disruption for a pause ;-)
wishing you well.
marc
Yes. True. I can see it as that.