Eccentric Artists by James Curran

Many people believe that the best artists are not exactly all there upstairs. During the course of the semester we have seen some really bizarre artists with exetreme lifestyles. The strange behavior of these artists varied greatly. We saw artists whose vision was to have people watch them live, another artist filmed himself doing things such as digging postholes, and perhaps the wierdest was an artist who wore animal skins. One question I had was does these artists strange behavior make them more popular? Humans are naturally drawn to things that are strange and foreign to us. Are these artists truly like this or do they behave in an odd manner to draw attention to themselves. Personally I beleive that these artists are not putting on a show. They would most likely act the same way they do now in any situation. The unique personalities that accompany these artists definitely draws additional attention to them, but this is no more then a positive side effect to how the artists choose to behave. It is not an act, rather a life choice.