CALL for SUBMISSIONS - EXTENDED DEADLINE - 25th SEPT

CALL for SUBMISSIONS - EXTENDED DEADLINE - 25th SEPT

Special Issue: The Artist Identity, Dandelion Journal Vol. 5, No. 3 (2015)

The Dandelion editors seek submissions on the theme of ARTIST IDENTITY for their forthcoming issue.

A question as simple as asking ‘what is an artist?’ can result in a labyrinth of references, extend to related fields, and lead to contrasting interpretations. This reaffirms the idea that the artist identity is a variable, evolving and adapting representation of the artist’s self. In the symposium that inspired this special issue our speakers added a range of perspectives on the ways in which the artist identity is created, nurtured, sustained and challenged. They also indicated a need for further investigation of these central themes and a platform for the exchange of these ideas.

This special issue aims at encouraging further debate and invites submissions which engage with questions of artist identity in arts policy and management, art history, art practice, sociology and marketing, as well as considerations of the notion of 'the artist' in public discourse. We propose that the platform provided by this special issue on the artist identity can help to both explain it, as a concept, and also explore its power to provoke certain sociological responses.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Art education

Artistic labour

The studio, in whatever shape or form

Myth, stereotypes and ready-made narratives

Career development and the self

The work of art

Personal identity

Artistic identity crisis