Artwash : big oil and the arts / Mel Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Mel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art patronage.

British Petroleum Company--Art patronage.

British Petroleum Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Published on the fifth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, Artwash is an intervention into the unsavoury role of the Big Oil company's sponsorship of the arts in Britain. Based on a high profile campaign, Mel Evans targets Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell's collaboration with institutions such as the Tate in an attempt to end the poisonous relationship forever."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction

Big Oil's artwash epidemic. Tobacco and arms manufacturers : ethics and sponsorship ; Oil sponsorship of the arts around the world ; The international oil economy and the BP Ensemble in London

Capital and culture. Art at arm's-length from the state, but ethics under its thumb ; Where the money really comes from ; Ethics and accountability

Discrete logos, big spills. Disaster is fundamental to business ; A social licence to operate ; Arts sponsorship to secure social licence ; Fake it 'til you make it : simulating authenticity

The impact of BP on Tate : an unhappy context for art. Curating with BP in the picture ; Art in social context ; BP, Tate and the post-colonial

Opposition to oil sponsorship and interventions in gallery spaces. Performing protest in gallery spaces - a growing global movement ; Institutional critique and the sponsor ; Making space for change : the 'deviant art institution' and interstitial distance

Conclusion. Merely artwash ; Signs of change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 18, 2015).

ISBN:

9781783713332

178371333X

9781783713325

1783713321

OCLC:

908071079