{"product_id":"manual-of-contemporary-art-style-9780979076602","title":"Manual of Contemporary Art Style","description":"You ll find all sorts of things in Helguera s Manual that aren t in any other book: the difference between an A-level artist and a B-level artist, how to cure the dreaded  festivalist syndrome,   how to keep your conviction that you re the greatest artist in history, and whether it is ethical for a critic to sleep with an artist whose work she doesn t like. This is a very funny book. It masquerades as an old-fashioned guide to the manners and foibles of the art world, written by a savvy twenty-first century artist. But it is clever, and has many voices: snide like Miss Manners, sweet and impeccable like Emily Post, hapless like Bouvard and P cuchet, earnest like an Art World for Dummies, sharp like Swift s encyclopedia of clich s, sneaky like David Wilson s fabricated documents for the Museum of Jurassic Technology. Helguera s tongue seems to be in his cheek that s what you re meant to think but he is often very helpful, and everything he says is true. --James Elkins, author of How to Use your Eyes and Our Beautiful, Dry and Distant Texts: Art History as Writing. In the process of writing the rules of the game, Helguera also skewers its participants. --Rebeca Spence, ArtNews  An artist who dares to look at the big picture ... Helguera] has a savvy understanding of art history and art audiences, enough to know that a little humor and a bit of irony are sometimes the best tools in an artist arsenal. --Barbara Pollack, artist and writer\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jorge Pinto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461646389522,"sku":"9780979076602","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8c140ac7-8301-4753-9461-ab4b146f1be9.jpg?v=1730073527","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/manual-of-contemporary-art-style-9780979076602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}