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Hall  \nState University of New York, U.S.A.  \nTension in the Field of Art: The Practical Tattoo Artist and Perceptions of the Fine Art Community  \nAbstract This is an ethnographic study utilizing observation and in-depth interviews. The following research analyzes a collaborative circle of tattoo artists and its tension with the fine art community. The tension is a result of perceptions of the fine art community and the nature of tattoo shops as enterprises. This article contributes to the understanding of collaborative circles by incorporating taste distinctions and a formal group element, the enterprise. Taste distinctions and the enterprise allow artists to erect boundaries between themselves and others in the art community.  \nKeywords Tattoo Artists; Collaborative Circles; Taste; Boundary Making; Goal Orientation  \n“It’s not just tattooing, it is all artists. We all  \nas artists guard the secret that art is really a sham, it’s not just tattooing, it is all artists.” Thor, a tattoo artist, implies artistic recognition and inherent tension within the art world regarding the practice of art. How artists function on a day-to-day basis and what their goals are produce a tension between these individuals occupying specific social fields.  \nGregory M. Hall is a graduate researcher, instructor, and PhD student at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Gregory recently completed his Master’s thesis – “Civil War Re-enactors: Selective Authenticity and the Development of Meaning.” Currently, Gregory is working on research regarding portrayals of gender responsibility in alcohol commercials, the development and use of artificial intelligence in the medical field, and the construction of space in Second Life.  \n[email address:](email address: gmhall@buffalo.edu)[ gmhall@buffalo.edu](email address: gmhall@buffalo.edu)  \nTheoretical Context . Choice and Taste  \nChoices are constrained by location, personalities, norms, and the social context. Agency, the capacity to choose freely, is a difficult concept to pinpoint because, as Collins (2004) suggests, agency “is a conceptual morass” distracting from the study of interactions prior to individual action (Hitlin and Elder 2007:171). Agency is self-reflectiveness, intentionality, and the forethought that allows actors to act with, as Hitlin and Elder (2007) state, a “personal causality.”This creates a better-defined concept of agency which can be contextualized with taste distinctions. The result of choices produces social worlds that are composed of individuals similar to one another (Fisher 1982). These individuals harbor various and differing tastes. Tastes are predispositions towards behaviors, individuals, and objects that can be thought of as a marker of class, more importantly, they indicate a social position. Taste creates boundaries as individ-  \nuals act on their tastes (Bourdieu 1979). These boundaries contain others with similar tastes and networks are formed. A network composed of likeminded individuals reinforces cultural norms and behaviors, and this is an efficient process because those within the network can develop expectations and boundaries of what is appropriate and acceptable. As these expectations and boundaries are further stratified, the potential to form a collaborative circle heightens. The collaborative circle contains those willing to work together concurrently to propagate their art. Through actions and practice, the artists take their place within the social field.  \nThe Field  \nBourdieu (1996) stresses the positioning of an artist within the field. The field is the social space in which skills, relationships, and habits of practice are built. The field contains other like-minded social actors participating in the same types of behaviors and interactions. An artist’s search for autonomy produces maneuvering and positioning within a field, and cu","cbCaiiyvuXupXgqb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiyvuXupXgqb","pdf",362141,7,"English","# Abstract\n# Theoretical Context - Choice and Taste\n## Agency and taste distinctions\n## Boundaries and collaborative circles\n# The Field\n## Social space, autonomy, and cultural resources\n## Reference groups and fine artists\n# Boundaries\n## Social mapping through inclusion and exclusion","[{\"question\":\"What research method is used to study the tattoo artists and the fine art community?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews to analyze collaborative circles and their tension with the fine art community.\"},{\"question\":\"How do taste distinctions and enterprises contribute to tension in the art world?\",\"answer\":\"Perceptions of the fine art community and the enterprise nature of tattoo shops shape status and conflict. 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