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Oh, the power(lessness), the absolute power(lessness)
Posted: November 6, 2009
If you're getting tired of 'top 20' lists of people who are richer, smarter, more attractive, better connected, and more interesting than you are, the folks over at Hyperallergic have a ranking for you! In response to the Art Review 'top 100' power-brokers in the art world, they suggest The Top 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World. Among them:
- Independent curators without trust funds -- There's a saying, ''No trust, no love.''
- Artists who can't speak English, French, German, or Spanish. While the world is filled with approximately 6,800 languages, artwork must adhere to the linguistic realities of economics.
- Beleaguered Administrative Assistants at MoMA -- This is a group that knows what it's like to be underpaid, under-appreciated and powerless -- the trifecta!
- Anyone living in only one place, as opposed to ''between Berlin and Beijing,'' or ''based in London, Amsterdam, Sao Paolo, and Los Angeles.'' Where have you been, mono-urbanity is so 20th century...
It's nice to find a list that we all have a chance to actually get on!
Thanks Bruce Sterling for the link.
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