There are those in society who claim the right to do whatever they want, whenever they want. To an extent society tolerates such behaviour but that is the point. Tolerance is set within guidelines and laws which promulgate and protect order. ‘Radical’ artists are tolerated and encouraged as a necessary basis to establishing those norms and inevitably become mainstream before they know it. Free will with constraints.
THE REBEL YELL FALLS ON DEAF EARS BUT WE STILL WANT IT NOW
Art history does have a place as a sort of religion but nowadays it is hardly ever used. Plotting a course from Monet to Abstraction and identifying the two main thrusts of the modern era in Cubism and Surrealism gets you only so far.
Concerns about democracy, liberty, equality, human rights, political pluralism, religious tolerance, and advocacy of subcultures and countercultures are all hallmarks of a fractured society
n essence, the gallery is the tool of the owner/curator not the artist.
people go on cruises to spend money and convince themselves that they are living the high life once reserved for the aristocracy. Buying a piece of art would certainly qualify as ‘high life’ in that no matter the bargain offered