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Intoxication: Artistic Fame and the Magnetic Persona
Intoxication: Artistic Fame and the Magnetic Persona
By Claudia Moscovici
No matter what they may say, few artists create art only for themselves. Just as few writers write only for themselves (unless they’re only writing in a journal, and even then, they may do it with an eye for posterity). Most artists aspire to share their art with others. Many want that elusive concept of “fame”. Artistic fame means being valued in their own lifetime as well as leaving a significant trace of their art for posterity. This, of course, implies canonization: making their name–and style(s)–common currency not only for their own times, but for future generations as well.
Immanuel Kant gave us three standards for great art that stands the test of time: 1) originality (the first of its kind in a


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