Why don’t we separate the art from the artist?

21 days ago by Cyril Strobe to c/asklemmy

With the rise of cancel culture, it’s something that’s got me curious, why are so many works (music, literature, tv shows, etc.) no longer separated from their controversial makers? Is it purely to do with money (e.g. not wanting to give money to people you don’t agree with?) and what about controversial people who are dead? They don’t gain anything, so why isn’t the art separated from the artist? What’s your opinion on this topic?

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Wakko 20 points 21 days ago

Why are conservatives always so upset at the consequences of a free market?

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ReconciliationTime22128 -2 points 21 days ago

No idea, why is that?

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ElcaineVolta 11 points 21 days ago

the first six words of your post might have said more than you meant to.

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Wakko 9 points 21 days ago

You should try asking yourself how artists create art. Where did that art come from that you so badly want to disconnect from the artist's mind that produced it? What ideas is the artist expressing that you're choosing to ignore?

What ideas did the artist also hold that are the reason the rest of human society decided that this artists art did not need to persist?

For example - These are questions that anyone involved in anything "Lovecraftian" needs to answer for themselves.

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