On the eve of a new exhibition, artist Julian Opie explains why it's every artist's right to break rules and explore 'dodgy pastures'
Julian Opie thinks we’ve got it all wrong about artists – and Vincent van Gogh is to blame. The image of the tormented Dutchman “not selling anything and struggling with painting after painting”, he says, has left us believing “that’s what honourable artists should be doing, and anything less is seen as some kind of corruption”.
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