“…While spatially concentrated buzz might indeed be one of the most important urban resources at the disposal of artists, too much focus on spaces associated with it might lead to a rather narrow, one-sided understanding of artists’ presence in cities. Although some artists’ spatial preferences and choices are in line with expectations regarding a bohemian lifestyle and their contribution to the creation of bohemian spaces either throughout their artistic career or at a certain stage of it (Hracs 2009; Ryberg, Salling, and Soltis 2013), one must acknowledge that on the whole, taking into account the diversity of artistic genres and styles, social and economic status, demographic features, and preferred lifestyles, artists are an extremely heterogeneous professional group (Debroux 2013; Gornostaeva and Campbell 2012; Murzyn-Kupisz and Działek 2017; Wilson 1999; Zhong 2016). Bain (2004:420) therefore remarks on the need to pay attention to what is hidden and less visible in artistic practices in urban space:For the most part, artists tend to work in self-imposed isolation, hidden behind closed studio doors, deliberately choosing to remain invisible and anonymous to others, rather than actively fostering interaction and exchange with other practitioners.
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