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Artists' personal lives: Does it play a role in how you view their art?
藝術家的私生活：這對你如何看待他們的作品有影響嗎？
I was recently involved in a debate concerning the topic of how many people appear to make value judgments on art based on knowledge of the artist's personality, beliefs, and life choices. It spurs me to ask, does the personal life of an artist play a part in how we view his artwork for better or for worse?
最近，我參與了一場討論，主題是:有多少人對藝術作品作出的價值判斷是建立在對藝術家的性格、信仰和人生選擇有所了解的基礎之上。它促使我提出疑問:藝術家的私生活是否會影響我們如何看待其作品?
Sometimes it does seem that people critique art solely on what they know about the artist in question instead of focusing on the art itself. For example, many fans of Frida Kahlo note that knowledge of her personal life impacts how they view her art. The same can be said about Pablo Picasso regarding the volatile relationships he had. Likewise, those who enjoy Mark Rothko's paintings often know details of the hardships he endured- would people experience strong emotions when viewing his paintings if they were not aware of his struggles and suicide?
有時候，人們對作品的評論似乎只是基于他們對藝術家的了解，而不是關注作品本身。例如，許多弗里達·卡洛的粉絲注意到，對她的私生活的了解會影響他們對她的作品的看法。基于粉絲們與帕布羅·畢加索之間存在的不穩定的關系，情況也是同樣的。同樣，那些喜歡馬克·羅斯科畫作的人往往知道他所經歷的苦難的細節-如果人們對于他所經歷的掙扎和自殺毫不知情，那么在欣賞羅思科畫作時，他們是否還能感受到強烈的情感?
Should art speak for itself, or can the voice of art, so to speak, be strengthened or weakened by the personal life of the artist behind the artwork? This is an issue I feel deserves to be explored by any art admirer.
作品應該為自己發聲嗎，或者可以說，作品的聲音可以被其背后的藝術家的私生活所強化或削弱嗎？我覺得這是一個值得所有藝術欣賞者探討的問題。
