Episode 300- Hannah Wohl on her book Bound by Creativity: part 1

<p>In the first part of a multi-part series, <a href= "http://hannahwohl.com/">Hannah Wohl</a>, sociologist and author of <strong><a href= "https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo90478629.html"> Bound by Creativity</a></strong> talks about: her general studies of the creative industries more broadly, in addition to her focus, for this book, on the contemporary art market in particular; her two-year ethnography of a ‘sensual figure drawing’ class at an erotic arts club in Chicago; how she earned entry into some of the inner sanctums of the art world, starting with artists but then eventually through the support and generosity of one legendary gallerist; the process of artists developing a signature style for which they become known; and the challenges for artists with a recognizable ‘creative vision’ who try to transition into another style and/or medium, largely because collectors want to buy the work that represents a given artist’s creative vision. </p>