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Art and the Artist.

To seek inspiration for this article, I turned to the interweb and asked the people of Instagram for their ideas. Despite many good ideas which I seriously considered, such as Finland's government (or lack thereof), a Sigrid album review, or a look into modern day Marxism, congratulations must go to Robert Rattray who suggested I write an article establishing whether Art can be separated from the artist, following on from Michael Jackson's documentary, R. Kelly being on bail and much of the #MeToo movement. Rattray, a fine man who once gave me his coat to rest my head on when I fainted, is himself a talented man who recently produced his own audio drama examining the history of the death penalty in the UK and society's attitudes towards Death. I highly recommend immersing your ears with it here . Anyhow, praised individuals aside, lets begin our look into what is a very difficult subject. It should be said straight away that Michael Jackson is still the 'King of P