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Interviews with artists

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Phase two involved finding out from artists working
in this area how they understand routes to validation
and the advantages and disadvantages of existing
ways of growing recognition and success.

Methods and methodology
A list of artists was made from those suggested by
commissioners and producers during phase one of
the research. The criterion was that interviewees
should have been recommended by those who had
taken part in phase one, on the basis of having
achieved some prior success in their field.7
The artists were asked about visibility and validation
in their field, about measures of success, the
comparative impact on an artist’s career of gallery
and non-gallery commissions, training received for
the kind of work they make, routes