Event
Stories of Being Festival
18 May 2016 – 22 May 2016
Platform Southwark
London, United Kingdom
Talk
Inside/Out: Exploring the Fetishisation of 'The Troubled Artist’ - Aindrea Emelife Talk
21 May 2016
Event times
16:00 - 16:45
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 1, Joan Street,
- London
- SE1
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Southwark / Waterloo
- Waterloo / Waterloo East / Blackfriars / London Bridge
Event map
Art critic Aindrea Emelife will explore the popularisation of the 'troubled artist' and the subsequent fetishisation of artists being on the spectrum of mental health.
About
Inside/Out: Exploring the Fetishisation of 'The Troubled Artist’
Sat 21st May, 4 - 4.45pm (FREE)
In this talk, Art critic Aindrea Emelife will explore the popularisation of the 'troubled artist' and the subsequent fetishisation of artists being on the spectrum of mental health.
Taking a historical perspective, Aindrea will start with Art Brut and the emergence of 'Outsider art' before looking at contemporary cases, particularly the media exposure on the mental health of celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Demi Lovato and Cara Delevingne, to ask: is breaking the stigma actually progressive?
