Other artists operate within a broader cultural context.

On the other hand, some artists operate solely within the "ghetto" of Christian music, and find great success in doing so.

Fine artists today don't operate this way, of course.

"Most black artists operate in a world where they feel a certain amount of isolation," Mr. Marshall said.

The emerging artists will be operating in professional surroundings.

Nevertheless the artist's studio or the place where the artist was operating kept playing an extraordinary role in the development of the art ideology and agenda.

Ferocity, visual instinct and a fail-safe imagination kept the pictures at a level where most artists can't operate.

There is a myth that great artists operate in seclusion.

Creative artists, poets, photographers and writers operate very differently from the companies that produce their works.

Thus, companies or artists offering their reverse graffiti services are operating in a legal gray area.