Book Review: Seven Days in the Art World

Book Review: Vii Days in the Art World

By Sarah Thorton

When it comes to reading I'm more of a nonfiction reader.  I read books generally for information which oddly plenty has become a form of amusement in itself.  I enjoy a book that uses a narrative that weaves through some interesting, merely most importantly useful examples on how to make my life better or easier.  This is probably why I read many books on marketing.  They seem to accept interesting real-world examples to back up their claims forth with psychological analysis.

I was hoping that Seven Days in the Art World would contain some actionable items for keeping my painting career moving in the right direction.  How incorrect I was.  While I didn't expect a manuscript for improving the business organisation side of my artwork, this volume was definitely non geared towards my intentions.  I don't mistake the book for it however, and it'due south probably my fault for non looking into the book more than closely earlier outset to read it.

This book independent about zero useful information for the emerging, mid-level, or whatever creative person working in the traditional/realist conventions. Seven Days in the Art World was a autopsy of the how abstruse, modern, and fifty-fifty conceptual art is dealt with at the highest toll levels as viewed through 7 different perspectives:

• The Auction
• The Crit
• The Fair
• The Prize
• The Magazine
• The Studio
• The Biennale

Looking to break into that hot New York gallery?  This volume won't help ane bit.  It will confirm, notwithstanding all of those crazy stereotypes you have of the upper echelon of the near exclusive art scenes.  You know… those notions that a grouping of people could be eagerly gathered around a steaming pile of crap in the eye of a gallery floor but because an important icon in the art world thinks in that location is merit to the defecating artist's vision.

The following sums up Vii Days in the Fine art World and consequently was i of my favorite passages from the book as well:

In a world that has jettisoned adroitness as the dominant benchmark by which to judge art a higher premium is put on the character of the artist.  If artists are seen to be creating art simply to cater to the market it compromises their integrity and the market place loses confidence in their work.

7 Days in the Art World is extremely well written and intelligently organized. If you've even been interested in how the pinnacle %ane of the art earth interacts yous'll become a kick out of this book.  But exist prepared to hear loads of "art speak" that inevitably seem to include the word "discourse".  The earth "soapbox" was used so many times in an attempt to brand sense of art it fabricated me chuckle.

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