Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Poor Artists by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad is a testament to the emotional and financial labour of modern artists from ordinary backgrounds and a meditation on the exclusive nature of the art world.
What We Say: “My favourite cowboy critics have released a book! The White Pube offers a glimpse into the art world for everyone else, scrubbing the golden glitter off the seemingly intangible world of art. Experimental and multiplicated, blending literary non-fiction with interviews and stories from artists from Turner Prize winners to communist messiahs, this has relatability and a realistic nuance that permeates each page” – Jamie Styles
What They Say: “Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad have crept in through the back door of the artworld and left it open for the rest of us. This is a landmark for art writing — a treatise on the difference between art’s right to mystify and confound, and the crimes of an industry that discriminates and excludes” – Nathalie Olah
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Jamie Styles is Editorial Assistant at Service95
