Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts

As major oil companies face continual public backlash, many have found it helpful to engage in "art...
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Author: Mel Evans
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Language: English
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Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts by Evans, Mel

Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts

€56,90

Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts

€56,90
Author: Mel Evans
Format: Paperback
Language: English
As major oil companies face continual public backlash, many have found it helpful to engage in "art washing"--donating large sums to cultural institutions to shore up their good name. But what effect does this influx of oil money have on these institutions? Artwash explores the relationship between funding and the production of the arts, with particular focus on the role of big oil companies such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell.
Reflecting on the role and function of art galleries, Artwash considers how the association with oil money might impede these institutions in their cultural endeavors. Outside the gallery space, Mel Evans examines how corporate sponsorship of the arts can obscure the strategies of corporate executives to maintain brand identity and promote their public image through cultural philanthropy. Ultimately, Evans sounds a note of hope, presenting ways artists themselves have challenged the ethics of contemporary art galleries and examining how cultural institutions might change.

Author: Mel Evans
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 05/15/2015
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780745335889

About the Author
Mel Evans is an artist and campaigner associated with Liberate Tate and Platform. As well as making unsanctioned performance works at Tate and writing on oil sponsorship of the arts, she creates theatre pieces in the City of London that examine culture, finance and Big Oil.


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