Art has generally been privileged, supported by the wealthy, encased in museums. Many artists have challenged this in both the visual and performance arts, as well as in music. Ed. by Harriet F. Senie and Sally Webster. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Like The Spirit of Art as Activism , focuses on the artist practicing outside the museum, but there is still the aura of that perspective.
Patronage still seems tied to a modernist perspective.
More about this on the art site, as we get there. Link added May 5, 1999. Criminal and Social Justice Discourse on Criminal Justice Essays and links to articles. Link added July 22, 1999. Katherine on this faculty publications list.