31inging Sri.glitz together ,vith Maggie Nehon's "Great to Wacch." consider the relationship between the arts and inequality. Nelson never refers to economics, and Stiglitz never mentions the world of...

31inging Sri.glitz together ,vith Maggie Nehon's "Great to Wacch." consider the relationship between the arts and inequality. Nelson never refers to economics, and Stiglitz never mentions the world of arr, but this question asks you to explore possible connections between them. In what ways does the art world chaUenge the values of a market society? [n "vhat ways does it reinforce social distinctions between "high" and "low" culture-between the cukural "haves" and "have noes"? Does the violence of the avant-garde liberate or intimidate? Consider what Nelson tells us about the trend among artists co respond to mjddle class "banality" by inflicting on their audience an experience of "brutal, sensory overload.'' What relation does this strategy estabhsh between artists and their public? In what other areas of life, aside f rom art, is "sensory overload" a problem?