Relationship Between Tourism, Creativity And Culture

This essay will discuss how ‘the art world’ describes the relationship between tourism, creativity and culture. The concept of ‘the art world’ is a creative process and came about in 1964, when Arthur Danto and sociologists began to analyse the experience of the ever-changing production and appreciation of art. The art world is made up of a series of interlinked networks that play a role in every culture. Therefore, the art world is a combination of actors and institutions such as artists, museums and art collectors. They give objects meaning, value and a purpose that set them apart from plain ordinary objects, to art work (van Maanen, 2009, p. 7). Art is only considered art when it is set in the right context, such as a museum where people …show more content…
Production, distribution, reception and contextualisation (van Maanen, 2009, p. 12). Production of art relies on artists creating the work, the availability of museums for artists to display their work and the type of work that is being produced. Distribution refers to the way in which art is marketed and the likelihood of artists being able to display their work in museums depending on their status, availability of art events and their networks within the art world. Reception relies on an audience to view and make judgements about the piece of art, which turns into an experience for the viewer. Context is a combination of the above factors that allow the art world to operate within society. Context relies on space, time, art works and people involved in the process to create the art world that allows creativity and culture to merge (van Maanen, 2009, p. …show more content…
For people to appreciate and participate in the making of art, they must be aware of common understandings and values for them to understand art. Therefore. art work is not considered to be created from an individual artist, it is an embedded process that involves many actors for it to exist (Howard, 1982, p. 35). In terms of the relationship between the art world, culture and tourism, they also rely on each other to thrive. There is no distinct line or boundary between the art world and the rest of society. Instead, the art world often enhances culture and can create vibrant tourism locations (Howard, 1982, p. 36). Using Hobart as an example, of how art has increased tourism through festivals such as the Falls Festival and Dark MOFO, as well as the somewhat controversial museum MONA. Not only has turned Hobart into a tourist hotspot, that has benefitted the economy. It has also created a new identity for the city. Therefore, the culture for Hobart. This culture has been formed by creative people, events and institutions that rely on each other to produce good