Off their trolleys?

Presents an essay on contemporary artists and their art. Belief that contemporary art is the negative image of mass culture; Frequently held belief that contemporary art exists in a zone of freedom set apart from the real world with its rules and restrictions; Suggestion that the art market is becoming increasingly integrated into the general run of capitalist activity; How this is forcing art to be more useful; How art's lack of convention has become conventional; Ways to protest against the use of art as a servant of business and the state. Comments on art by Sylvie Fleury and Guillaume Bijl and Zbigniew Libera.