{"product_id":"the-work-of-art-value-in-creative-careers-hardback-9780804798310","title":"The Work of Art; Value in Creative Careers (Hardback) 9780804798310","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eValue in Creative Careers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlison Gerber (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804798310\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 November 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate investigation of the economics of earning a living making art: where the money comes from and where it goes, and how artists justify, to themselves and others, their strategies for supporting their work. Alison Gerber makes a solid contribution to sociology, to economics, and to our understanding of the practicalities of an artistic career.\"—Howard S. Becker, author of \u003ci\u003eArt Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e \"Alison Gerber's \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome treatment of how artists develop their self-conceptions and their production practices. This account expands our insight into a cutting edge area of economic and cultural sociology, examining the art world where questions of valuation and good work are highly salient, and provides an exciting approach to how material objects are given value. Personal and powerful, Gerber's work will alter how those who care about the lives of artists think about the role of money and identity in the creative process.\"—Gary Alan Fine, author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Genius\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and much-needed contribution to the neglected question of how artists value their work and time. It is a well-written account that paints a nuanced portrait of art as work and pushes forward sociological thinking about valuation, especially in nontraditional employment.\"—Elise Herrala, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \"For those who are interested in the practice of art, the art world, and how artists see themselves,\u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003eprovides a fascinating account with its innovative approach. Revealing that artists ultimately lead 'decommensurated lives,' where they coexist with different and competing values,\u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003eilluminates how artists make sense of this in their careers and own lives. A wonderful and insightful read not only for artists but for all people who are trying to navigate the values of the market and what it means to be human.\"––Lee Trapanier, \u003ci\u003eVoegelinView\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the sociology of art, and may also be of great use as a case study in economic sociology. It is a lively and accessible book, and a useful window into a topic that people rarely discuss with the candor elicited in Gerber's ethnographic interviews.\"—Nicholas P. Dempsey, \u003ci\u003eSocial Forces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtists are everywhere, from celebrities showing at MoMA to locals hoping for a spot on a café wall. They are photographed at gallery openings in New York and Los Angeles, hustle in fast-gentrifying cities, and, sometimes, make quiet lives in Midwestern monasteries. Some command armies of fabricators while others patiently teach schoolchildren how to finger-knit. All of these artists might well be shown in the same exhibition, the quality of work far more important than education or income in determining whether one counts as a \"real\" artist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003e, Alison Gerber explores these art worlds to investigate who artists are (and who they're not), why they do the things they do, and whether a sense of vocational calling and the need to make a living are as incompatible as we've been led to believe. Listening to the stories of artists from across the United States, Gerber finds patterns of agreements and disagreements shared by art-makers from all walks of life. For professionals and hobbyists alike, the alliance of love and money has become central to contemporary art-making, and danger awaits those who fail to strike a balance between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe stories artists tell are just as much a part of artistic practice as putting brush to canvas or chisel to marble. By explaining the shared ways that artists account for their activities—the analogies they draw, the arguments they make—Gerber reveals the common bases of value artists point to when they say: what I do is worth doing. \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Art\u003c\/i\u003e asks how we make sense of the things we do and shows why all this talk about value matters so much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Art Work?\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Work of Art\u003cbr\u003e  3. Making Cents of Art\u003cbr\u003e  4. Making Sense of Art\u003cbr\u003e  5. This Way Be Monsters\u003cbr\u003e  6. Doing Things with Words\u003cbr\u003e  7. The Audit of Venus\u003cbr\u003e  Methodological Appendix\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551723942168,"sku":"9780804798310","price":60.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-work-of-art-value-in-creative-careers-hardback-9780804798310","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}