On 'The Death of the Artist'

Interview with William Deresiewicz.

A number of myths still seem to be floating around the art world; that of the artist as solitary genius, the artist as part of an avant-garde, the artist as culture producer. Artists produce and culture follows. William Deresiewicz begs to differ. In his book The Death of the Artist, Deresiewicz lays out a precise argument why these myths endure, how th…