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Taking a Long Look at Art: Reflections on the Production and Consumption of Art in Art Therapy and Allied Organisational Settings
Author(s) -
Gilroy Andrea
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of art and design education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1476-8070
pISSN - 1476-8062
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2008.00584.x
Subject(s) - contemporary art , art therapy , art methodology , consumption (sociology) , context (archaeology) , tacit knowledge , aesthetics , anthropology of art , studio art , sociology , visual arts , visual arts education , art , production (economics) , psychology , the arts , history , knowledge management , performance art , art history , psychotherapist , computer science , macroeconomics , archaeology , economics
This article draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on the production and consumption of art. I draw on art historical discourses and relate these to looking at art in art therapy and related organisational settings. I suggest that professional socialisation profoundly influences how practitioners look and think about what they see. I propose that attention to tacit knowledge about art, extending practices of looking to include contemporary discourse about audiencing, curating and display, and taking time for a long look at art and at the art made in art therapy and allied settings, can enliven and sustain practitioners' ‘ways of seeing’.