Art is produced, circulated, consumed and disseminated within an economic system it depends on money for its creation, for the livelihood of its makers, and for its distribution. In this sense, art can be understood as an enterprising activity. However, profit-making is rarely the primary goal of artists, and indeed the entanglement of art with enterprise generates significant aesthetic, conceptual, philosophical and ethical challenges for contemporary art practice. Social enterprise has emerged from this complex terrain with the promise of an alternative model of economic organisation in the...
Art is produced, circulated, consumed and disseminated within an economic system it depends on money for its creation, for the livelihood of its maker...