Artists’ Voices in Cultural Policy (eBook)

Simone Wesner is Lecturer in Cultural Policy and Arts Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.

Acknowledgements 7
Contents 9
Abbreviations 12
List of Figures 13
Part I Mapping Perceptions 14
Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Artists 15
Perceptions of Visual Artists and Their Careers 15
Methodology 20
Overview of the Book 23
References 26
Chapter 2 The Artist and the Artistic Myth 28
Introduction 28
Establishing Myth as Ontological Discourse 30
Re-(de)Constructing Myth 37
Art Academy Experience in the GDR 38
Artists’ Role During Unification 40
Marketisation and Myth After Unification 41
Interdependencies and the Changing Nature of Myth Narration 44
Conclusion 48
References 49
Chapter 3 Memory 52
Introduction 52
The Role of Memory 53
Memory Maps and Layers of the Past 56
The Researcher’s Memory 59
The Bilderstreit 64
The Story of Kasper 74
Conclusion 77
References 79
Chapter 4 Identity 82
Introduction 82
Conceptualising Identity 84
Mapping Artistic Identity 89
Artistic Identity as Cultural Identity 99
Conclusion 102
References 104
Part II Visual Artists in Cultural Policy 107
Chapter 5 Inherited Certainties: Transitional Cultural Policies and Visual Artists 108
Introduction 108
Locating Artist Policies in Cultural Policy Theories 111
Transitional Artist Policies in Saxony 119
Artist Policies in the German Democratic Republic 127
From the Association of Visual Artists to the Dresden Artists’ Association 132
Social Security Agency for Artists 140
Conclusion 145
References 148
Chapter 6 Artists’ Professionalisation and Careers in the Cultural Policy Landscape 153
Introduction 153
Profession: Artist 154
Professional Practice 163
The Concept of Work 173
Conclusion 179
References 181
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Artists, Policy and the Future of the Professional Class 185
Artists as a Professional Class 185
Future Research Agendas 187
Policy Recommendations 189
References 192
Index 193