ABOUT BOOK

The aim of Hiding Making - Showing Creation is twofold. In the first instance, we seek to trace the Nachleben of these studio ~topoi from the nineteenth century to today, in particular focusing on ~how artists have employed them as strategies for showing certain aspects ~of their practice (above all those which perpetuate the notions ~of artistic genius and autonomy), while carefully hiding others from ~view (routine, failure, craft). ~Secondly, in order to achieve these goals, we have adopted a method ~that we feel not only does justice to the richness and diversity of the ~topic but which, we believe, will add a new dimension to the already ~abundant and ever growing literature on the artist's studio.