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For an artistic critic on the economy
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by Marco Senaldi

In the common opinion, the spheres of economics and art are coupled clearly
distinctly. Those who develop creative professions, who conceptualize works
destined to be contemplated selflessly, can not, one thinks, be distracted
by economic worries. Viceversa, those who have the privilege of being
economically supported by an enterprise or an activity, certainly can not
permit themselves to lose time over dreams and pretences of art.
Perhaps, this rationale hides more than this firm position allows shine
through. In fact, what is taken for granted is the fact that we are speaking
of two very different and easily distinguishable things. But is it still
like this? We can take, as an example, an important economic variable like
price. As it is well-known for, price represents the monetary value of
products measured on the basis of how many buyers are disposed to want to
have them. However, even though we only regard it in terms of circulation,
we see practically every product on the inside of the all-consuming
hyperconsumist market holds a price that, at times, seems truly fixed