Re: Does it matter?
Originally Posted by
TessA
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If you're a fan of someone's work, such as an artist, singer, composer should you stop liking their work if they're found guilty of a heinous crime?
If they have died does it make a difference whether you admit to liking their work?
I'm asking because I saw some paintings by an artist called Richard Dadd and thought they were wonderful. It turned out he murdered his father. I got to wondering if the people in his day shunned his work.
If for instance Rolf Harris or Gary Glitter died would people feel it was fine to say they were fans?
What are your thoughts on this?
Richard Dadd had a wonderful way with 'light' the poor chap suffered with 'melancholia' I understand so would probably be receiving treatment for depression these days
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If anyone has any of his paintings and is worried that he killed his father just throw the paintings in my direction , I can live with it
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I think it depends on the 'work' really
Good art is good art regardless of who painted it, that said I couldn't live with a Hitler painting although some of his work is good .
Never liked Gary Glitter so the problem doesn't arise.
I could live with a Harris painting if it was a good one. After all where do you draw the line, a murderer may have made the clothes you are wearing or the food you are eating we just don't know.