The muse is a character forever remembered in works of art, loved and spoiled by both the artist and the audience. But what if emotions and bodies are constantly being exploited as art materials? Will you be able to withstand love from a loveless artist?

“He needed the flesh and blood of his lover,” Marina Picasso said of her grandfather. Picasso squeezed the tears of his family, mistresses and descendants. In his eyes, women are the “suffering machine,” the “goddess or doormat.” Being around Picasso meant ignoring hundreds of love affairs and being treated cheaply. Many of his lovers fell into depression, even taking their own lives. One of them is Marie-Thérèse Walter - the main character in Picasso&#39;s most famous paintings such as Femme nue couchée , Le Rêve , Marie-Thérèse ... She met the artist at the age of 17, when he was already married to someone. first wife Olga Khokhlova. Ten years later, when the two had a daughter together, in the painting Femme au Béret et à la robe quadrillée , the figure of Dora Maar - his next lover hovered in every stroke. When the painting was completed in 1937, Marie-Thérèse was “on her way out,” in the words of Picasso. Francoise Gilot, another of his mistresses, compared him to the green-bearded demon, who &quot;wants to behead every woman he collects.&quot;

In another area of art, Zelda Fitzgerald, the beautiful, rich, rebellious wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald is the model for the character Rosalind Connage in his debut novel This Side of Paradise . Zelda was once locked in her home by the author, preventing her from publishing the contents of her diary, while he himself used Zelda&#39;s passages, feelings and thoughts in the diary to form 3 books. most important books of his career, including The Great Gatsby . “I hope the baby turns out to be a silly girl – the best thing that can happen to a woman in this world, a pretty silly girl.” Daisy&#39;s famous line is what Zelda herself said after giving birth to her first daughter.

We also have Cynthia Powell, the simple middle-class girl, the first wife of the legendary John Lennon. He wrote her a series of passionate love letters, probably dedicated to her indirectly, but when it comes to lyrics related to Cynthia, people will think of Remember : “I am cruel to women mine. I beat her, separated her from love.” In 1980, John Lennon confessed to assaulting women in an interview with Playboy, and emphasized that it was those mistakes that led to a change in his thinking, leading him to write more about love and reconciliation. jar. In Cynthia&#39;s book, she recounts a time when John slapped him in the face when he went on a rampage of jealousy. Their son, Julian Lennon, said: “Mom loves me more than dad. Dad was always talking about love, but never really giving anything away.” John once said Julian was a child “not in the plan,” and “born from a bottle of whiskey.”

Dora Maar to the end of her life is still known to many people only as Picasso&#39;s lover. Zelda Fitzgerald is America&#39;s first &quot;flapper girl&quot;, a cultural icon and a major influence on the great Gatsby classic, but little is known about her. Even the marriage of Cynthia and John was kept secret to protect the famous Beatles band. There&#39;s nothing wrong with loving an artist. The problem arises when the &quot;muse&quot; is taken advantage of and then abandoned when the artist ceases to be moved by her beauty, or after they have reached a certain level of success, when the muse themselves have take the artist to new heights. Her private life, already traumatic, is now displayed in exhibitions, hailed by the public as poetic and enviable. But as insiders, they must have felt unfair, and themselves are just an easy object to replace.

The story of the muse or the victim also raises another question that has been left open: The separation of artist from art. Does liking the work of Picasso, John Lennon or Fitzgerald mean that we support their thinking and way of life? Do we have to like the artist as a whole? Will art tolerate their actions? It&#39;s not like we should burn all the works of artists with messy private lives, but we should understand the seriousness of such actions. We can celebrate a work and understand the controversial points behind the idea. Because to ignore the &quot;muse&quot; is to ignore the torment they have to endure, to protect the abuser and to forget the victim. We may never be able to separate art from the artist, when their personal experiences, worldviews and emotions are what make up the work of art. But at the same time, “beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.” Art is also a personal experience for the audience. So we have to take responsibility for it. Calling an abuser by his or her name, presenting a meaningful work created from distorted thoughts, giving voice to the victim… are all things we can do. A work of art contains a history of an artist&#39;s thoughts and decisions. And audiences absolutely deserve to know the stories behind the work, the decisions that led to this work.

Artistic tracing: "Muse" or Victim?

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