Portrait of an Artist as Collaborator: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of an Artist

Abstract

The subjective experience of being an artist was examined using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), focusing on the perspective of the artist but interpreted by me, a psychologist, from my perspective as an artistic collaborator. Building upon a literature that has hitherto focused on clinical, elderly, or vulnerable participants, I interpreted superordinate themes of Process (Constraint, Playfulness, Movement) and Identity (The Ill-Defined Artist, Becoming, Mixing Identities, Choosing an Identity, Calling, Collaboration, and Outsider). These themes are broadly similar to the existing literature, but emphasise identity while de-emphasising self reflection and the need to become an “insider.”

Does entrepreneurial factor influence creative identities' perception?

“…Interventions of artists and their arts in the organizational world are a fruitful tool for creativity and innovation development among particular employees and groups, teams (Skoldberg Johansson et al, 2015). Researchers describe an artist's identity as a complex issue where self-defining, choosing an identity, and becoming are separate elements but deeply combined in one piece (Hocking, 2019). According to this research, artist's innovation is more critical for entrepreneurial individuals (4.38) than for nonentrepreneurial individuals (4.13)a difference of 5.00%.…”

“…In the historical perspective, an artist's identity has been described as: an artisan, a genius, a doer, a God's will doer, a master, a holy man in touch with the hidden, a cultural aristocrat, a knowledge worker, a professional, an entrepreneur, an influencer, a freedom maker, a collaborator, a value or idea guardian, a superman (Deresiewicz, 2015(Deresiewicz, , 2020Hermes et al, 2017;Hocking, 2019;Tatarkiewicz, 2015). By diverse degrees of creativity and efficiency, the artist's identity may be named a conceptualist, a copyist, an artistic craftsman (artisan), and a creator (Szostak & Sułkowski, 2020a).…”

Post-communist Burden Influence on the Perception of Crea-tive Identities: Consequences for Managers and Leaders

“…Artist's identity is particularly well described in the historical context; there were many artist's self-constructions like an artisan, a genius, a doer, a God's will doer, a cultural aristocrat, a master, a holy man in touch with the unseen, a professional, a knowledge worker, an entrepreneur, an influencer, a freedom maker, an artist by vocation, a collaborator, a value/idea guardian, and a superman (Deresiewicz, 2020;Hermes et al, 2017;Hocking, 2019;Tatarkiewicz, 2015). By different levels of creativity and efficiency, the following artist's identities may be built a conceptualist, a copyist, an artistic craftsman (artisan), and a creator (Szostak and Sułkowski, 2020a).…”

Does Creativity Influence the Perception of Creative Identities?

“…Artist's identity is intensely well portrayed in the historical perspective; there were numerous artist's self-constructions like: an artisan, a genius, a doer, a God's will doer, a cultural aristocrat, a master, a holy man in touch with the hidden, a professional, a knowledge worker, an entrepreneur, an influencer, a freedom maker, an artist by vocation, a collaborator, a value/idea guardian, and a superman (Deresiewicz, 2015;Hermes et al, 2017;Hocking, 2019;Tatarkiewicz, 2015). By diverse levels of creativity and efficiency, the following artist's identities may be built a conceptualist, a copyist, an artistic craftsman (artisan), and a creator (Szostak and Sułkowski, 2020a).…”

“…Interventions of artists and their arts in the organizational world are a fruitful tool for creativity and innovation development among particular employees and whole groups (Skoldberg Johansson et al, 2015). Researchers, especially from psychology, describe an artist's identity as a complex issue where self-defining, choosing an identity, becoming, calling are separate elements but deeply combined in one piece (Hocking, 2019).…”