Is there an artist whose work you love but was a shitty person? (lemmy.world)

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It can sometimes be hard to separate the artist from their art. Are there any artists who were bad people but whose work you still enjoy?

Feel free to answer if you're in the opposite scenario: an artist who you love personally but don't enjoy their artwork.

Feel free to respond more than just music artists!

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[-] snaprails@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Eric Gill. Great sculptor and of course typeface designer but would be better regarded were he 'sans' the sex with his sister, both his daughters, and the family dog.

[-] callyral@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago

nekozuna, turns out she's a child predator. yeah i no longer listen to the music since i don't wanna support her.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I enjoy a lot of books written by Larry Niven. But in real life he seems to be a bit of a pro-government totalitarian.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Roman Polanski comes to mind.

[-] gzrrt@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Tom Otterness, the sculptor. He might not be a shitty person anymore, though (it's really up to you).

[-] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Pablo Picasso was apparently a misogynistic shitbag who preyed in young girls

[-] IcyRain@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago

MCA Chris Avellone, turned out to be a sex pest or something, kind of broke my heart a bit with that.

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 0 points 10 months ago

I only found out they were shitty persons afterwards.

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