Exhibition artist
As exhibition artist who describes art historian Oskar Bätschmann the type of modern visual artist .
In the second half of the 18th century, the exhibition artist replaced the type of employed court artist . In contrast to this, the exhibition artist is no longer dependent on certain noble, clerical or patrician clients and patrons , but a freelance producer for an anonymous audience , to whom he presents his works of art at public exhibitions (initially in salons and academies ).
This change reflects the most momentous change in the art world since the Renaissance . In addition to the institutionalization of regular exhibitions and the emergence of galleries as agencies of a free art market , published professional art criticism was one of the most important prerequisites for this modernization process in the art system.
literature
- Oskar Bätschmann : exhibition artist . Cult and career in the modern art system . DuMont, Cologne 1997. ISBN 3-7701-4024-9 .