pThe image of a tortured genius working in near isolation has long dominated our conceptions of the artist's studio. Examples abound think Jackson Pollock dripping resin on a cicada carcass in his shed in the Hamptons. But times have changed ever since Andy Warhol declared his art space a factory, artists have begun to envision themselves as the leaders of production teams, and their sense of what it means to be in the studio has altered just as dramatically as their practices.p piThe Studio Readeri pulls back the curtain from the art world to reveal the real activities behind artistic production. What does it mean to be in the studio What is the space of the studio in the artist's practice How do studios help artists envision their agency and, beyond that, their own lives This forward-thinking anthology features an all-star array of contributors, ranging from Svetlana Alpers, Bruce Nauman, and Robert Storr to Daniel Buren, Carolee Schneemann, and Buzz Spector, each of whom locates the