The Culture Game

by Olu Oguibe

Book Overview

An acclaimed artist and cultural provocateur reveals the hidden biases of the contemporary art world

In self-congratulatory tones of tolerance and open-mindedness, the Western gatekeepers of the contemporary art world--gallery owners and museum curators, patrons and promoters--take great pains to demonstrate their inclusive vision of world culture. They highlight the Latin American show mounted "a few years ago" or the African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816641315
• ISBN13: 9780816641314
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Read

Oguibe has some of the "Tell your audience what you're going to tell them. Tell them. Then tell them what you told them." going on but overall it was an excellent read. I would recommend it to any artist.