Do you need to agree with an artist’s
lifestyle or politics to appreciate their art? To spend money on it?
Nope,
certainly not. In fact, most of the time I don’t even know what their lifestyle
or politics are because I choose art based on how it makes me feel and what I
think about it. I don’t go and research the artist before deciding to buy
it. For example, two of my favorite
pieces of artist in my home are my Bali Batiks.
I don’t know anything about the artist who made them except that he is a
well known and popular batik artist in Bali, Indonesia. My husband and I choose them because they are
stunning works of art and they remind us of the beauty and culture of Bali that
we fell in love with while visiting there.
The eyes of the people in the batiks literally pop out at you, and the
colors and images in the art make the space where we have displayed them feel
warm and familiar to us. And that’s what matters to me. I respect the artist for
his talent, whether or not I would agree with his lifestyle of politics does
not matter.
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