Is it possible to become a bohemian with the same sort of fame/infamy

Banksy is the closest thing to that right now.

But of course secretly he's just a regular middle aged rich nerd.

It's too soon for anything like that after the YBAs. I'm certain it'll crop up again at some point, but at the moment it's so fresh in everyone's minds they see every high artist that way.

It can't be shocking while it's seen as par for the course. And if it's not shocking it's not famous.

Give it 20 years.

>>2300391
It's called do what you like and make what you like. Then there are a couple of paths: you die on accident, you don't die and make great shit and nobody knows or cares OR you don't die and despite being an asshole who makes bad art you have enough well connected friends and are part of a 'scene' culture that you can get your work noticed even though it's submediocre and you enjoy a relatively success ful 'career'

Well you see, the modern world today doesn't like oldy fartsy art. If you want to be famous you have to draw what the masses like.
You can either change what you draw to suit them or change what they like to suit you
The latter is pretty difficult but some say it's what the world needs

>>2300841
Fake your death and rake in the cashhh

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>>2300901
gee wiz Brain that's a brilliant idea!
but how are you gonna fake your own death and still be alive?

>>2300391
OP look at new contempo for answers. artists combine classical skill with modernism:
>james jean
>erik jones
>Jeremy geddes

>>2302273
Not sure if anyone really cares about those people

>>2300391

david choe kind of reminds me of the bohemians. Idk if he is /ic/ approved but he did a series of hitchhiking shows where he just literally doesn't give a fuck (some is staged but much seems to be genuine) and roams the country on trains and once a raft on the mississiuppi which is crazy

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>>2301238
Just tell everyone it happened and they'll believe you

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>>2300745
>the YBAs
?

Your response makes me wonder: what would be provoking and controversial to today's audience?

It bugs me to think that artists like Matisse, Picasso, or even Klimpt would be glossed over in today's world (especially Matisse), even though they set the standards for modern art critique and thought. We've been spoiled by postmodernism and self-expression being the champion over what art is rather than a nuanced combination of technique and self-expression.