Strict if the artist is alive. Much less so if they’re dead. Much, much less so if they’re dead, and so is everyone attached to them.
I try not to separate the art from its context, I feel I get a more shallow experience by doing so. But, how much context, how I seek it out, etc are all up in the air. So when talking about a piece I’ll mention something of the context, the writer being living garbage is easy context to contrast/support against their work.
Ender’s game being written by a bigot is interesting because of the contrast. H.P Lovecraft being a bigot is interesting because it is so obvious in the work.
Strict if the artist is alive. Much less so if they’re dead. Much, much less so if they’re dead, and so is everyone attached to them.
I try not to separate the art from its context, I feel I get a more shallow experience by doing so. But, how much context, how I seek it out, etc are all up in the air. So when talking about a piece I’ll mention something of the context, the writer being living garbage is easy context to contrast/support against their work.
Ender’s game being written by a bigot is interesting because of the contrast. H.P Lovecraft being a bigot is interesting because it is so obvious in the work.