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33 Artists in 3 Acts

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

33 Artists in 3 Acts

By Sarah Thornton

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About the book

Is being an artist a radical form of entrepreneurship or a vocational calling like the priesthood? Is it an extension of philosophy or an offshoot of entertainment?In three richly interlinked but distinct 'acts' - Politics, Kinship and Craft - Sarah Thornton compares and contrasts answers to the simple but profound question: what is an artist?33 Artists in 3 Acts draws on hundreds of personal encounters with the world's most important artists, to ask what it means to be making artworks in differ...Show more

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9781847089076

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Granta Books

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2015

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33 Artists in 3 Acts

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