We are only weeks away from launching our BAD ART: KITSCH, CAMP, & CRAFT semesterly focus topic–including, exhibits, displays, resource lists, and a scavenger hunt. Check out these resources exploring the dichotomy between “high” and “low” art in contemporary culture, as well as the problems therein…
Books @ the Library
Looking High and Low: Art and Cultural Identity
High & Low: Modern Art, Popular Culture
Pop or Populous: Art Between High & Low
Highbrow / Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America
Articles
High and Low Art, And High and Low Audiences
High and Low Thinking About High and Low Art
High & Low: Modern Art & Popular Culture
On the Web
High Art, Low Art, and the Status of Aesthetics
Why is Work by Female Artists Valued Less than Work by Male Artists?
Artists on “High” and “Low” Art and Race
High Art and Low Art: Gucci, Vetements and Conceptuality vs. Craft
