Finding the Muse

ISBN-13: 9780521392181 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 344 str.

Mark Freeman

Opis

Finding the Muse explores the lives of a group of aspiring fine artists from the mid-1960s, when they completed art school, to the mid-1980s, focusing especially on problems of artistic creativity as they relate to such issues as the mystique of the artist, the challenge of establishing community among artists, the place of the art market in the construction of artistic identity, and the limits and possibilities of modern and postmodern art itself. By identifying the salient problems of artistic creativity, Mark Freeman aims to provide a realistic portrayal of the contemporary artist and some useful directives for how problems that curb creativity might be addressed.

Recenzje

"Finding the Muse will be welcomed in social psychological circles..." Caterina Pizanias, Theory of Psychology

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1. Social reality and the space of creativity; 2. To be an artist; 3. In the company of others; 4. Creativity and the market; 5. The dream of artistic freedom; 6. The conditions of creativity; Appendix: the Artists Project; References; Index.