Artistry and Industry: Representations of Creative Labour in Literature and the Visual Arts c. 1830-1900

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to examine the nature and representation of artistic labour within the nineteenth century’s expanding print and visual culture.
Its focus will be on artistic ‘industry’ in a variety of forms including, but...

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to examine the nature and representation of artistic labour within the nineteenth century’s expanding print and visual culture.
Its focus will be on artistic ‘industry’ in a variety of forms including, but not limited to, the nature of artistic work as conceptualised by writers and artists, artistry as a profession, and art as commodity.
Drawing together contributors from Literature, Art History, History, Drama and beyond, Artistry and Industry will also examine the connections and the separations between those artistic milieux regarded as high-culture (painting, sculpture, literature) and those classed as ‘art-industry’ - such as pottery-painting, art needlework or engraving – or even hack-work (such as Grub-Street writing).
We seek insights not only into the production, dissemination and consumption of particular texts or objets d’art, but into the myths and images developing around such figures as The Painter, The Lady Novelist, The Man of the Theatre, The Craftswoman, The Poet, The Illustrator and The Muse.
We invite abstracts (up to 300 words) from across the arts and humanities for 15-20 minute papers. Please submit abstracts, including your name as you would like it to appear, institutional affiliation, and email address by February 15, 2008, to artindustry@exeter.ac.uk

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