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it is so frustrating to me how people have taken that phrase and twisted it into the general philosophy that an artist has nothing to do with the art they create. like, be fucking serious; that’s not how art works 😡

As a guy who says this, I never use it as a means to invalidate anyone's feelings about a situation with the artist. At the end of the day anyone is capable of creating something amazing but also do something bad. That's just the way it is. Doesn't mean I accept it but it's just how it is.

There are two things going on at the same time. Music and literature have "genre" . Art has "style" . A student needs to understand collections. At the same time, an artist will have their own grouping and in some cases a new genre and style.

I keep seeing this come up. I’m guessing this is because the trailer dropped for Harry Potter: And the Transphobic TERF?

Ironically, there are a lot of "separate the art from the artist" moments with Rowling - like ignoring any "Dumbledore is gay" remarks or comments on wizard plumbing and hygiene on the grounds that it's not in any of the books.

Reminder: those who write murder mysteries are not murderers. The creative process has its own rules and pathways. You either become a conduit for something greater than yourself or not. Imperfect people can change your life for the better without improving themselves.

YES THIS

that's right up there with certain people claiming that the left needs to be more tolerant of intolerance

Death of The Author as a concept was to encourage the critic to take the work on its own terms, without taking a biographical reading. The concept has nothing to do with absolving the author/artist of wrongdoing.

Celine Mailer Roth

i always separate in this way it's how i read cormac mcarthy ernest hemingway william faulkner

You can separate the art from the artist when using the art in a way that does *not* send money to the artist...and even then, only if the aspect of the artist being separated did not actually inform that art.

huh... interesting... i always interpreted the saying as "just because this person produced art that you may find low quality, that does not mean they are a bad person"...