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# A Graphic Essay on Capitalization, Part One
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/essay-on-capitalization-pt1/
- Published: 2010-06-02T18:36:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:03:13.000Z
- Description: Artist Lawrence Swan explores the notion of capitalization in the art world and the plight of the uncapitalized artist.
- Author: Lawrence Swan
- Tags: Art, #image-position-hidden, Art Market, Brooklyn, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2010/06/swan2-1-1-med.jpg "Swan2-1-1-MED")

*Editor’s note: In the following series, artist Lawrence Swan explores the notion of capitalization in the art world and the plight of the* uncapitalized *artist.*  

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2010/06/swan2-1-2-med.jpg "Swan2-1-2-MED")

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2010/06/swan2-1-3.jpg "Swan2-1-3")