Phillipa Hughes – Is showing art in non-traditional spaces bad art PR?

In this post Phillipa Hughes challenges the view that the recent trend in art exhibition of displaying work in non-traditional spaces degrades it. She goes on to discuss what such trends mean for art exhibition and its interaction with society.

“In today’s Washington Post, Jessica Dawson reports on the DIY art-in-condos phenomena that has been happening more and more lately as new condo buildings pop up all over town but remain empty due to the sluggish economy. Some developers have found a different and successful way to market the condo units: let artists fill the unoccupied spaces with art and invite all their friends and create some buzz around the development….I think that just because an artist shows work in a condo building doesn’t mean the artist isn’t striving to create work that ‘challenges social and political norms.’ In fact, the work is often challenging and meaningful….Maybe the art establishment continues to fear non-traditional art shows even today because they believe these shows threaten their power to declare what is good art.”

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Image in this post – “Who Let the Deer Out?” by Bandwagon