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Rec'd on 😃 ART YOU SEPARATED FROM THE ARTIST?
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"separating the art from the artist" is a privileged ass take and doesn't exist. what people create is representative of how theyve interacted with the world thus far. what the world has done to them, what others have done to them, what theyve learned from others, what theyve done to others, how theyve navigated life with what theyve been given or with what theyve taken. if you deny that the nude portraits drawn by the hand of a sexual predator are a bastardised version of reality based on his perspective and experience of violence against women then you would also deny the experience of indigenous artists in their depictions of brutality in the face of colonialism or that a single stroke in a painting created by a Black artist holds the weight of going through life in america while being black. when consuming art, media, anything created by human hands/minds you must also be conscious of the creators lived experience, wether its negative or positive, if you want to make an accurate assessment on the art itself dont live and consume in ignorance
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@moonbeams
it's impossible to know everything about an artist before consuming art and you can still like something and then later find out things about the artist that lose your respect and yet still feel a connection to what they created
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@jeannedielman
how do you feel about applying this to movies? surely a single director/actor/whatever's irresponsible actions shouldn't take away all the hard work from everyone else involved? esp if what they did was completely unrelated to the making of said film. just a thought
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@okwetuu_fish
@JEANNEDIELMAN im not saying to ignore media created by those with inept morals but to not negate what their influence has been on said media. getting caught in situational intricacies like that easily takes from the central point in any argument. im saying its consequential to be deliberate in forming opinions about a peice of art.
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@starlet
Interesting take! Wouldn’t have thought of it this way before. Thank you!
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@okwetuu_fish
@STARLET i appreciate u being receptive
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@chiawase_
thats why i hate Gauguin, refuse to use Gill Sans, and if I have a memory of a problematic music person i listen to a pirated version 😂
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@okwetuu_fish
@CHIAWASE_ hm gauguin. i would love to burn his paintings
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