Thursday, January 31, 2019

So The Artist Has Misbehaved. Does S/He And The Work Now Have To Disappear?

Lionel Shriver: “For reasons that escape me, artists’ misbehavior now contaminates the fruits of their labors, like the sins of the father being visited upon the sons. So it’s not enough to punish transgressors merely by cutting off the source of their livelihoods, turning them into social outcasts, and truncating their professional futures. You have to destroy their pasts. Having discovered the worst about your fallen idols, you’re duty-­bound to demolish the best about them as well.” – Harper’s



Article source here:Arts Journal

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