Third Provocation: Art is Profit

Creativity and profit can exist side by side. Can the artist draw a balance between creativity and profit? Can creativity ever be completely free of the green dollar in our present society if the artist is to earn a living? Is the artist ultimately a small business making sure he or she satisfies the marketplace or can creativity resist commodification?

Provocations is a free series of discussions about art and its function and place in today’s society. They are intended to stimulate ideas, opinions, exchanges and connections between artists practicing in Newcastle and the North East and those who are interested in questions about what art is for, is it capable of being a force for change or has its potential been fatally limited by a dominant neo-liberal market economy