An art critic confronts the current art milieu, characterizing it as being without purpose or moral authority, and questions whether allegedly radical artists now reflect the culture of consumerism more than they challenge it.
Originally published in 1984, Suzi Gablik's vivid description of how the heroic idealism of 20th century art had degenerated into a despiritualized marketplace of styles, forms and attitudes challenged and provoked a multitude of readers.
In this series of 19 dialogues with art critic Suzi Gablik, artists, writers and philosophers address the central questions of the meaning and purpose of art in an age of accelerating change and spiritual uncertainty.