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> However, like any employer an artist has a responsibly towards their employees. Were they his employees?
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> However, like any employer an artist has a responsibly towards their employees.
Were they his employees?
- Daub 3y agoHard to say, but the likelihood is that they were. Most 'blue chip' artists employ technicians that travel around the world to install and repair their work. This may be mediated through their dealer. I mention repair as a lot of contemporary art requires ongoing maintain, Julian Schnabel's employs full-time a team who trot around the globe repairing his famous plate portraits. Regardless, I would feel ethically responsible for anyone who installs my work. FYI: most exhibitions require that an artist define 'installation instructions'.
- robertlagrant 3y agoI'm more speaking concretely than theoretically: do we know he employed them? Even if an artist defines instructions, that doesn't mean that they'll be followed.