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OverviewRadio artists. Internet artists. Film makers. The range of artistic practices that did not exist in the 19th century is broad. The social changes that have accompanied mass culture and the information age warrant an examination of what it has meant to be an artist, and what it means now, by contrast.ResourcesWalter Benjamin. "Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Illuminations. Schocken Books. 1968. Andreas Huyssen. After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodernism. Midland. 1986.LectureThe Changing Role of the Artist |