Abstract:

Purpose - In this study, the summer work on the "relation between gastronomic consumption and art works" was carried out and the historic development of indicative consumption and the place of art in indicative consumption were focused on the study of art works in the context of indicative consumption. Method - This research has used a scanning model from quantum research methods. In the scan model, the relative scan model is preferred. Questions were prepared and structured in order to obtain data according to the hypotheses suggested according to the relational scan model and the survey method was used. The universe of the research is formed by individuals travelling to art exhibitions over the age of 18 who live in Istanbul, Eskişehir, İzmir, Bursa and Samsun. The sampling of the study is made by 265 individuals achieved during the exhibition in different art exhibition spaces by a simple random sampling method. As a data collection tool, the "Personal Features Inventory" and the "Gosteric Consumption Scale" were used. The data obtained was entered into the SPSS 22 program and statistical tests were conducted and interpreted. The statistical data is normally tested and the data is interpreted according to the results. The findings - According to the findings obtained, individuals have been found to have a indicative consumption tendency while meeting their needs and there has been no significant difference in age, gender and income in the indicative consumption. Discussions - The findings obtained in this study in which the art works are studied in the context of indicative consumption and coincide with the argument that man from every class and section on which Veblen (2007) stands can show indicative consumption.

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