Art and Profit

<p>Art and business don&rsquo;t mix. Or rather, they only mix insofar as art can be turned into a&nbsp;<em>commodity</em>, and then, from that, into business.</p> <p>But art&rsquo;s original purpose was never to be commodified and turned into a lucrative business. As I have argued&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/why-every-artist-should-read-rilkes-letters-to-a-young-poet-895fb9853dd4" rel="noopener">before</a>,&nbsp;<strong>true art always stems from a place of necessity</strong>. It is only when an artist experiences the unstoppable&nbsp;<em>urge</em>&nbsp;to create a specific artwork, and when they are being truly authentic to themselves, that one has a true work of art.&nbsp;<strong>Necessity</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>authenticity</strong>&nbsp;are the two ingredients essential to creating art.</p> <p>Art cannot be solely created &ldquo;to make money.&rdquo; Mind you: I am not saying that art should be so &ldquo;abstract,&rdquo; &ldquo;intellectual,&rdquo; and detached from mundane existence that the average person wouldn&rsquo;t be able to enjoy it. Indeed, some of the greatest works of art ever created centered around simple, everyday subjects.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/counterarts/art-and-profit-a-troubled-history-1159e4f7f497"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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