Investigating Quotes

Today we had our first proper COP briefing with Pete where we were told about our first proper brief and what to expect. Our first piece of writing for COP will be a 1000 word piece of writing on Triangulation and Referencing. To make a start on this we were all given a sheet with quote on under the subject headings of social, political, history, culture, technology and aesthetics. From this we were then put into small groups and had to pick one quote and analyse it, I'm guessing in the way that we would be expected to analyse quotes relating to our ongoing work. 

My group picked a quote from the society section 
"In his studio the artist has no social responsibility. But when the artist displays his work the situation changes." 
David Shrigley, (2015) Untitled, synthetic polymer paint on paper, Department International Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 153.0 x 111.0 cm

Then we had to answer these questions in regards to the quote-

What is communicated by the quote?
- The artist has the responsibility whether or not to be controversial. 
- It also references that the audience plays a part in the artists work as it effects how the work will be received.

How does it fit within the theme? (society)
- It talks about how society will react to certain pieces of art work, possibly could be talking about political work or some things of a more sensitive subject nature.
- Implies that the artwork is your own when its not been shared with someone and is still on the drawing board, but as soon as it is put out into society then it becomes a social issue.

What are the key terms within the quote that can be investigated?
- Social responsibility, displays, society.

Define those key terms and link them to examples
- Social Responsibility: according to google definitions social responsibility is an ethical framework and suggests that an entity, be it an organisation or an individual, has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large. It is every ones duty to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the ecosystems. 
- Society: The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. But interestingly can also mean an organisation or club formed for a particular purpose or activity. 
- Display: Put something in a prominent place in order that it may readily be seen. 

In conclusion I think this quote is very interesting as its sort of saying that as soon as you chose to display your work, it takes a bit of the private ownership away from it and means it belongs to both the public and you to share your opinions on. But firstly I'd raise the question of whats meant by display and how does this effect who has a right to an opinion on this piece? Because you could argue that if this has been viewed in an exhibition in a gallery that has been purposely set up to display this work, and therefore ticket holders have some prior knowledge of the artist, then can they offended? Surely they knew what to expect when booking the tickets and they could take it with a pinch of salt in that case? Or does the fact they have purchased tickets mean that they then have more of a right to their opinion? Also would it be a different case if we were to talk about displaying work on Instagram for example, because anyone can stumble across any content there, which means that if you display your personal opinions on your account and then someone chooses to look at and comment on that uninvited, is that fair? 
Also it is interesting to see what is meant by society, as from the definition it could very well mean just the whole of society and whoever may come across it. But it could also refer to a small society of art critics, who have the prior knowledge to make a fair and unbiased judgement about pieces.