Cheap Art and Creative Activism.

The article explores the creation and use of cheap art for creative activism. Topics discussed include the impact of cheap art on the relationship of artists with the audience and the legislation of aesthetic standards by art critics, the perspective offered by artist Adrian Piper on the accessibility of cheap art, highlights of the cheap art manifesto written by theatre director Peter Schumann, the characteristics of cheap art acknowledged by art critics Arthur Danto, George Dickie, and Catherine Abell, and the social and political impact of cheap art which contributes to its goal of achieving social change.