art worlds and social types
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Art Worlds and Social Types. By Howard S. Becker. Art Worlds. Result of coordinated activities Coordination of activities are in reference to a body of conventional understandings Do not define art first Mutual appreciation and social value. Types of Artists. Integrated Professions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Art Worlds
• Result of coordinated activities• Coordination of activities are in reference to a
body of conventional understandings• Do not define art first• Mutual appreciation and social value
Integrated Professionals
• Every cooperating person has been trained• Large and responsive audience• Fully prepared and capable of producing the art work• Stays within respectable boundaries
Maverick Artists
• Have found conventional art world too constraining
• Do not remove all conventions from their art• Force recognition and adoption of their
practices from the conventional art world• Demands more work from the audience
Naïve Artists
• No connection with art world at all• Created forms and genres because they never
acquired training or habits of professional artists
• Made without reference to contemporary conventions
Folk Artists
• No real art community exists• Not acknowledged as art• Well integrated • Conventions of their art are well known and
easily made• Basis of collective action
Conclusion
• People can be oriented to any kind of social world
• Four types of artists mirrors society at large• The art world is constantly changing