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About the book >.>.> At worst they are seen as elit- ist; at best visual arts are misunderstood. Even when included in schools and institutions of higher education visual arts programs struggle for acceptance as important areas of the curriculum. In this book I argue that existing misconceptions about the intellectual status of learning in visual arts means that the scholarly cultural and social significance of art is grossly undervalued. To redress this a detailed analysis is undertaken that explores the theoretical basis of artistic practice to position it within the discourse of research. What is presented is a theory of visual arts practice as research. The approach I take is to examine visual arts as a form of inquiry into the theories practices and contexts used by artists. The critical and creative inves- tigations that occur in studios galleries on the Internet in community spaces and in other places where artists work are forms of research grounded in art practice. Rather than adopting methods of inquiry from the social sciences the research practices explored here subscribe to L ^ e view that similar research goals can be achieved by following different ye yet comple- mentary paths. What is common is the attention given to rigor and system- atic inquiry yet in a way that privileges the role imagination and intellect (LL)