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Perspectives on practice – Introduction

By: Tom Burtonwood

Perspectives on practice is a survey of writings spanning six years from a range of UK-based artists and writers. The selected articles illustrate the impact a-n has had as a vehicle for foregrounding developments in artists’ practice and strategies. is not so much a magazine as a way of thinking and positioning ideas. For readers across the UK it has created and developed a political forum for the advancement of artists’ rights and parity of income with other professional classes. a-n not only makes the business of being an artist more transparent, it intercedes to mediate better working relationships between artists and sources of support, educating both parties. The articles selected in this a-n Collection were chosen for their prescience, clarity and insight toward the nuts and bolts of the contemporary artists’ experience. Nina Edge opens with a brilliant sketch of how a pragmatist might negotiate freely between the open market and state funding mechanisms. Edge discusses the trials and tribulations faced by artists from a variety of backgrounds. She describes her personal battles to gain access to opportunities, struggles to get her work seen and tactics...

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