9.5 Theses on Art and Class by Ben Davis

Author:Ben Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Art Theory
ISBN: 111-1-11-111111-1
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2013-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

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This particular essay holds a special place in my heart. Beginning to investigate the enigma of the underrepresentation of women in the supposedly liberal and feminist art world was what first led me to try and grasp the mechanisms by which artistic success is attained and how these mechanisms connect with the larger inequalities affecting society—both subjects that often remain concealed beneath the glittering parade of new spectacles. Pulling on that particular thread uncovers unpleasant realities that disadvantage women but also frustrate the vast majority of artists, male and female: the blind biases of an art market dominated by the superrich and the privileges commanded by clubs of insiders. Sexism has its own special dynamics that have to be specially combated. But for me, the connections made in this essay point to how the fight for equality can be waged on the basis of genuine solidarity, in the name of a world where art’s value escapes the deformities imposed upon it by an unequal society.

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