Monsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?
Paperback Published on: 23/05/2024
Price: £10.99
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No More Heroes
This is a highly readable (and thankfully very funny) look at the history of the inner turmoil a fan experiences when faced with unavoidable truths about t... READ MORE
What is left between cancel culture and denial?
In ‘Monsters’ Claire Dederer takes the reader on a personal and honest journey out of the dilemma of dealing with beloved artworks and their monstrous crea... READ MORE
Am I a monster?
What a truly great book! In 'Monsters', Claire Dederer perfectly deciphers the problem of separating the author from the work. Using case studies throughou... READ MORE
Absolutely masterful
Dederer's MONSTERS captures a hard-hitting truth: we can't help loving who we love (even if they messed up). This conversational and beautifully written es... READ MORE
Am I a monster, or is this what it means to be human?
It is not very often that I am at a loss for words. Claire speaks at length in this book about our consumption of works of art that allow us to feel "seen"... READ MORE
Can you separate the art from the artist?
This book examines whether it is possible to love and appreciate the art when the artist is a monster. Examining a variety of artists and their 'crimes' th... READ MORE
Engaging and Thought-Provoking Writing!
I feel like I had way too much fun reading this book. Historically, I've never been a non-fiction buff, but this book literally kickstarted a burning desir... READ MORE
I'm so glad I read this!
I was originally skeptical about reading this book, as I believed it would be too focused on the 'seperate the art from the artist' concept. However Dedere... READ MORE
Monsters
I'll say right off the bat that maybe this book wasn't for me. Dederer has a lot to say about self forgiveness in the face of enjoying work by terrible peo... READ MORE
A provocative starting point for further thought
Dederer's book does not profess to be an end point -- with countless allegations constantly coming out about various artists, how could it be? -- and so, n... READ MORE
Compelling and Thought-Provoking
An absolutely fantastic read, which is both entertaining, harrowing, and deeply self-reflexive. Dederer takes the preachy or pretentious pedestal and absol... READ MORE
Synopsis
Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love Guernica and the Ring cycle and Ziggy Stardust.
And what are we to do with that love? How are we, as fans, to reckon with the biographical choices of the artists whose work sustains us?
Wildly smart and insightful, Monsters is an exhilarating attempt to understand our relationship with art and the artist in the twenty-first century.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781399715072
- Number of pages: 288
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mm
- Weight: 208g
- Languages: English
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