Adrian Piper has a very peculiar theory about art. She believes that art is fetish, art is little more than an obsession over objects. Art is also an obsession over what a performer does. We can obsess over certain people because of what they do. My question is, do we obsess over a person's artistic actions or do we obsess over the person in general. Obsessing over someone is the same as idolizing. We seek idols so that we may have someone to live by. An idol is generally someone who does what they do extremely well, but also has a positive way of living at the same time. We often look up to our relatives and family members to idolize.
But what of artistic idols? Do they serve the same purpose or are they our idols merely because of what they do?
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