This sketch from Portlandia, which has already proven it’s very good at making fun of art, is a pretty enjoyable take on the pretentiousness of anti-corporate art. The best jab, at the end, points to the fact that anti-corporate art is really as corporate friendly as any other type of art. There’s a market for everything, even something that’s hoping to be anti-market.
Hrag Vartanian is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic. More by Hrag Vartanian
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