High Art Down Home. An economic ethnographic of a local art marke

This is an original and fascinating study of the advanteges and disadvantages of living, as do most American artists, dealers, and collectors, far from the mecca of New York City. Plattner uses St. Louis as a case study to portray with great insight the experience of producing art in the "provinces". He has made a major contribution to our understanding of the nature of modern art worlds."