Make art out of someone
If you "make art out of someone" (I came across this is a book and the only context I can provide is that there are drug addicts and prostitutes waiting for this famous film producer outside his company to 'make art out of them'), does this mean that the art was INSPIRED by someone, and that they themselves do not necessarily (directly) take part in the artistic process and piece/product, or is it that it implies direct involvement of the person in question? Taking the context into consideration, I would say that they were hoping he could give them a role in a movie, perhaps, or turn their novel, for example, into a movie. It is a bit of a vague expression. I would very much appreciate it if you could lend me a helping hand. Thank you in advance!
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To make art out of someone is not a standard expression. It is just something that this writer made up. It seems to mean that they were hoping he would put them in a movie, that their debased condition would be elevated by him and become valid by being presented as art.
- To make art out of someone is not a standard expression.
- It is just something that this writer made up.
- It seems to mean that they were hoping he would put them in a movie, that their debased condition would be elevated by him and become valid by being presented as art.
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To make art out of someone is not a standard expression. It is just something that this writer made up. It seems to mean that they were hoping he would put them in a movie, that their debased condition would be elevated by him and become valid by being presented as art.
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