{138} The Bane of Exposure

Jul 14

“Artists are routinely asked—it is one of the banes of the creative life in the twenty-first century—to work for nothing. Or for ‘exposure,’ which is a synonym for nothing.

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“Younger artists—who have been told to ‘build an audience,’ who are even more liable than others to undervalue their work or to feel guilty about asking for payment, and who, in any case, have very little bargaining power—are especially vulnerable to this kind of exploitation.” — William Deresiewicz; The Death of the Artist, p. 44