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Introduction 1. Historical background 2. The population of painters and the split into subsystems 3. Patterns of success 4. The 'gatekeepers' - critics 5. The 'gatekeepers' - curators 6. The 'gatekeepers' - gallery owners 7. The artists - attitudes of Conceptualists and Lyrical Abstractionists 8. The artists - attitudes of figurative painters 9. The publics 10. Conclusion Appendices Notes Index.
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