Book summaryWu, a contributor to the New Left Review, unmasks the corporate subsidizing and influence at play in the art world. PRIVATISING CULTURE begins its examination with legislation passed in the U.K. under Thatcher and in the U.S. under Reagan, which whittled away public funds and steered organizations and institutions toward private sources of capital for support. Looking at the numbers, Wu charges that these private-sector white knights who support art in effect receive large tax write-offs and create an atmosphere of commodity that ultimately cripples the art they purport to aid. Media reviews"What PRIVATISING CULTURE offers is a meticulous account of the dominance of capital itself over the human spirit." |
Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention since the 1980sby Wu, Chin-TaoFIRST EDITION
Book desription: A PROFOUNDLY ORIGINAL IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CORPORATE INTERESTS AS THEY SEEK TO BENEFIT FROM AND RESHAPE THE ART WORLD. 392 PAGES WITH MANY COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS. A LARGE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX IS INCLUDED.
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