Clements, Paul. 2024. Art, Elitism, Authenticity and Liberty: Navigating Paradox. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781032324906 [Book]

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This book excavates the depths of creative purpose and meaning-making and the extent to which artist autonomy and authenticity in art is a struggle against psychological conditioning, controlling cultural institutions and markets, key to which is representation.

The chapters are underpinned by examples from the arts, and the narrative weaves a trail through a range of conceptualizations that are applied to various aspects of visual culture from mainstream canonical arts to avant-garde, community and public art; social and political art to commercial art; and ethereal art to the popular, edgy and kitsch. The book is wide-ranging and employs various aesthetic, cultural, philosophical, political, psycho-social and sociological debates to highlight the problems and contradictions that an encounter with the arts and creativity engenders.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, arts management, cultural policy, cultural studies and cultural theory.

Item Type:	Book
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003315315
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Institute for Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship (ICCE)
Date:	19 August 2024
Item ID:	37501
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2024 11:14
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2024 08:43
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37501

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