Alison Gerber

8/14: To be honest arriving at ASA to see a big ol’ blown up version of the book cover at the Stanford booth was pretty exciting. As are the blurbs I got to read:

“The Work of Art offers an intimate investigation of the economics of earning a living making art: where the money comes from and where it goes, and how artists justify, to themselves and others, their strategies for supporting their work. Alison Gerber makes a solid contribution to sociology, to economics, and to our understanding of the practicalities of an artistic career.”

—Howard S. Becker, author of Art Worlds

“Alison Gerber’s The Work of Art is a welcome treatment of how artists develop their self-conceptions and their production practices. This account expands our insight into a cutting edge area of economic and cultural sociology, examining the art world where questions of valuation and good work are highly salient, and provides an exciting approach to how material objects are given value. Personal and powerful, Gerber’s work will alter how those who care about the lives of artists think about the role of money and identity in the creative process.”

—Gary Alan Fine, author of Everyday Genius

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3/22: There’s a thoughtful review of my new book in the Culture Section’s winter newsletter. Thanks to Whitney Johnson for taking the time to read and write about my work!

3/15: Back from three days outside Oslo with the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme and their research fellows. Norway is moving towards its own “artistic research” model quite distinct from others, and it was an interesting meeting, with some really excellent work. Check out Bull.Miletic for an example of the kinds of things happening over there, or maybe go spend some time with Bjørn Erik Haugen’s work; pictured here, a lovely scratch-off postcard from Juliane Zelwies inviting participation in her research.

2/19: Heading to Baltimore for Easterns and very much looking forward to it. Come by and say hi at one of the two panels I’ll be a part of on Thursday the 22nd: at noon I’ll be on a pretty amazing panel talking about new work, and then at 3:30 we’ll do an author-meets-critics type thing about my book that came out just now – I’m pretty excited to hear what these folks think! Hope to see you there-

1/22: I did an interview about my new book with Dave O’Brien on the New Books Network. You can get it as a podcast, or you can stream / download it here. Hope you like it!

1/10: If you follow me on the sosh meeds you probably are aware that there was sort of a viral kerfluffle last month. If you got in touch with me at the end of December about something real, apologies for the fact that I probably didn’t see your message or respond, and give me another holler if you feel so moved.

12/1: New digs at Lund University officially occupied. It’s an old and odd place, and I look forward to finding out more about its nooks and crannies (pictured: Nasoteket, the museum of noses).

11/18: It’s official! Happy to say that I will be joining the department of sociology at Lund University and starting a long-term collaboration with the exciting + innovative Landskrona Foto on December 1.

11/3: Thanks much to the Centre Urbanisation Culture Société de l’INRS à Montréal for my very first author-meets-critics type event – and to Guy Bellavance, Jonathan Roberge, and Guillaume Sirois for their insights (and for plowing through the not-yet-released book). Special thanks to Jonathan for organizing, and to all the audience members that took the time to talk with me. Next author-meets-critics type thing will be a panel at Easterns with comments from Benzecry, Lena, and Mears. See you there.

10/24: I don’t speak French so this makes me feel crazy fancy, and I’m really looking forward to talking with all these smart folks about the work I’ve been doing for these past years. RSVP to Romuald, and I hope to see you there!

10/19: My very first book talk will be a week from today at Malmö’s own + most beloved Signal Center for Contemporary Art. Join us at 7pm on Thursday, October 26: come for the sociology, stay for the party. Hope to see you there.

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