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17 mar 2024 · Artists who possess high levels of cultural capital, such as formal training, connections to influential art institutions, and familiarity with art history, are more likely to be recognized and rewarded within the art world.
1 wrz 1998 · Pierre Bourdieu's influential theory of cultural capital has increasingly been subject to criticism. This paper addresses Bourdieu's ideas about the role of the arts in class cohesion among elites, a group to whom the theory should be most applicable.
16 kwi 2021 · Theoretical intervention. The book opens with a discussion of art and artistic works in relation to fundamental Marxist concepts: alienation and labour; base (economics) and superstructure (social structures building on the base, including culture); artistic freedom; class and criticism; and form and content.
31 paź 2013 · Graffiti is a form of expression, and artists should be free to make their thoughts and beliefs public. Serving as a way to avoid violence, graffiti is an outlet for many to express their feelings. Making street art illegal limits the freedom of artists to create influential masterpieces.
In this system single figures (understood as specific actors in a field) with a lot of economic or cultural capital can through their recognition “make” an artist, as for example happened for Louise Bourgeois through the gallery Hauser & Wirth, but these “discoveries” often follow recommendations by other artists from an inner circle.
An appreciation of modern styles of art (i.e., abstract, non-figurative art, in opposition to traditional art) is positively correlated with social-stratification variables, such as education and family cultural capital.
31 gru 2019 · The authors analyze how different financial modes matter to the creativity of artists—whether they facilitate or interfere with the creativity that leads to artistic achievements.
