Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Part I Mapping Perceptions; Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding Artists; Perceptions of Visual Artists and Their Careers; Methodology; Overview of the Book; References; Chapter 2 The Artist and the Artistic Myth; Introduction; Establishing Myth as Ontological Discourse; Re-(de)Constructing Myth; Art Academy Experience in the GDR; Artists' Role During Unification; Marketisation and Myth After Unification; Interdependencies and the Changing Nature of Myth Narration; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Memory; Introduction

The Role of MemoryMemory Maps and Layers of the Past; The Researcher's Memory; The Bilderstreit; The Story of Kasper; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Identity; Introduction; Conceptualising Identity; Mapping Artistic Identity; Artistic Identity as Cultural Identity; Conclusion; References; Part II Visual Artists in Cultural Policy; Chapter 5 Inherited Certainties: Transitional Cultural Policies and Visual Artists; Introduction; Locating Artist Policies in Cultural Policy Theories; Transitional Artist Policies in Saxony; Artist Policies in the German Democratic Republic

From the Association of Visual Artists to the Dresden Artists' AssociationSocial Security Agency for Artists; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Artists' Professionalisation and Careers in the Cultural Policy Landscape; Introduction; Profession: Artist; Professional Practice; The Concept of Work; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Artists, Policy and the Future of the Professional Class; Artists as a Professional Class; Future Research Agendas; Policy Recommendations; References; Index