Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art Is Created and Judged

by Hannah Wohl

Book Overview

What is creativity? While our traditional view of creative work might lead us to think of artists as solitary visionaries, the creative process is profoundly influenced by social interactions even when artists work alone. Sociologist Hannah Wohl draws on more than one hundred interviews and two years of ethnographic research in the New York contemporary art market to develop a rich sociological perspective of creativity. From inside the studio, we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022678469X
• ISBN13: 9780226784694
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"