"Commodification of art has shaped artistic production itself and, far from being immune from it, artists have grappled with alienation since the middle of the 19th century at least."

[joseph berg]

http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj82/nineham.htm

"Commodification of art has shaped artistic production itself and, far from
being immune from it, artists have grappled with alienation since the middle
of the 19th century at least."