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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.
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