Quote:
|
Originally Posted by demonrail666
[sarram]True, but she seems to have captured the public's imagination - nonetheless.
The fact that more people know about Van Gogh's ear than have seen his work, about Beethoven's deafness than have heard his symphonies, etc., etc., speaks volumes about a society that equates talent with emotional or physical turmoil.
|
That is a technical thing, though. Let's not forget that she is a regular on many a gossip column that have little to do with art, and are mainly read by people who care little about it. ES magazine, which is given away with the Evening Standard every Friday, has very often pictures of La Emin partying like it's still 1999 on it. That's how a lot of people get to know who she is, even not knowing, perhaps, what her arty garbage looks like.