Review of the book "ARTISTS AND CREATORS. SOCIAL, ARTISTIC, AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS". Authors: Stella Kaczmarek and Joanna Posłuszna. Transkript Publishing House, Krakow 2021

The book Artists and Creators. Social, Artistic, and Economic Aspects by S. Kaczmarek and J. Posłuszna has 336 pages and consists of an introduction to the subject, twelve chapters, a conclusion, and a bibliography. The subject matter taken up in the study is important from the social, economic, and national points of view, as national identity. A democratic society wants to express its emotions, feelings, and feelings through art, manifested in various ways: theatre, film, sketches, drawings, images, words, music, and gestures… A society in crisis wants comfort, hope, and optimism – expressed through art, which gives a break from the difficult reality. Art is widely accepted and needed, and artists are a kind of "entrepreneurs" analyzing the market and human needs to reflect reality in the best possible way and be able to earn "their fate". The monograph deals not only with this aspect but also with the aspects of culture management, financing culture, the financial and economic situation of artists in Poland, and many very important problems, which makes it comprehensive and widely developed.