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The rise of «Brit Art» and the small fortunes paid to the likes of Damien Hirst mean that the image of the struggling artist in a garret is fading.

Though Strouse reportedly based his screenplay on his own difficulties making a name for himself as a playwright early in his career, the film's look into the life of struggling artist Jessica James (Jessica Williams) feels familiar at best.

Throughout the 1930s, Tanguy adopted the bohemian lifestyle of the struggling artist with gusto, leading eventually to the failure of his first marriage.

Many YBAs turned the traditional role of the struggling artist on its head, reaching high levels of success during, or just after leaving art school and they are now some of the wealthiest artists in the world.

Not exact matches

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The drama of the music industry — we've all heard about it to some degree as artists that we follow change record labels, go independent, struggle to make it and so on.

Dick's plot was slight: the struggles of Frank Frink (would - be artist, Jew - in - hiding) to survive in San Francisco; the efforts of select Japanese and Germans to prevent a German nuclear assault on the Japanese Home Islands; and the search by Frink's ex-wife Juliana and others for the eponymous Man in the High Castle.

He is a talented artist and his cartoons speak volumes about the struggles of other ex-Fundamentalists.

But most of all, like many other writers and artists with whom I've spoken, I'm struggling a bit to process what's happening.

Do you know of any other artists who struggled with the kind of «six months behind the times» issues that seem to prevalent in Christian music?

I am in GB, but I can pay shipping costs for a struggling grafitti artist on the walls of religion...

attitude doesn't understand the daily reality of the artist's struggle.»

It wasn't long ago when I struggled with the apparent tension of being an artist and being a pastor too.

A struggling New York artist living with his black mistress, Peter lacks the sense of vocation, the sense of place, that his father came to know as a small - town teacher.

The paradox is while London is a global financial centre and Britain's artists are global success stories - much of the music industry still struggles to get finance.

The abrupt closure, which saw the company's employees in New York and Los Angeles suddenly fired last Friday, has left scores of artists and agents struggling to secure unpaid fees and salaries.

After years of struggling to get even a basic coffee date with a nice, normal guy, only to be met with con artists and weirdoes, I became so discouraged that I deleted my dating profile and swore off the whole process.

Nikki struggles to find the balance of single motherhood, dating and being the strong artist Kelsey needs at Ink Ink.

Doubtless in the coming weeks many will muse on the impact of a blockbuster primarily focusing on struggles within the black community instead of racial injustice, but even in the superb recent series by Ta - Nehisi Coates and the artist Brian Stelfreeze, the Panther's principal concern was the welfare of Wakanda.

The film is a deep character study of Riggan Thomson played by a moving and stellar Michael Keaton a once - time big movie star struggling to regain importance in his contemporary setting while trying to establish himself as an artist worthy of praise and to get rid of his «Birdman» image.

Based on the stories by Tama Janowitz, this film follows the relationships and problems of a group of artists struggling to survive in New York City.

Music by Questlove and Om «Mas Keith, and commentary from prominent African - American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle — including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles — give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and makes the film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.

This fast - paced documentary offers a view into the enormous amount of work that goes into running a restaurant kitchen, and a glimpse into a young mind struggling to maintain balance between artist and madman.

Artist - turned - director Noaz Deshe's debut feature about Alias (Hamisi Bazili), an adolescent boy struggling to survive in his native Tanzania, is in some ways the definition of challenging cinema.

Sounds like struggles that have claimed more famous artists from centuries ago just in a completely different time and form of art.

WHAT: A week in the life of struggling folk musician Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac), who's trying to make it as a solo artist after his former partner commits suicide.

In the first part of the film, she can only talk about the guilt she feels about not spending enough time with her struggling artist husband.

Though he tried to maintain a life of solitude, he is soon entangled with an artist who is struggling with a personal tragedy and an overly - friendly Cuban hot dog vendor

In her first collaboration with veteran auteur Denis, Binoche is divorced mother Isabelle, a Parisian artist who struggles to form a lasting or meaningful bond with any of her potential suitors.

Stallone's script about struggling boxer Rocky Balboa who has the chance of a lifetime — a match against champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers in the film)-- was appreciated by United Artists, but it was viewed as a possible vehicle for A-list stars as Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds or James Caan.

These are just a few of the fascinating titbits 20 Feet from Stardom offers as it guides us through the highs and lows, struggles and missed opportunities throughout the careers of these artists backing for some of the biggest names in the industry.

's storyline involves the nine muses of Ancient Greece, which happen to come to life when a struggling commercial artist (Beck,

The sentimental struggles of the self - doubting artist are at the gooey center of Michelle Figlarz's Paris - set short Absinthe, a viewing of which could benefit from a few shots of the green liquor to wash away the corny aftertaste.

Its ultimate goal seems to be little more than to depict the struggles of a rude, vaguely talented artist, and to find entertainment in his ego - driven failures.

Even while reading the script for «The Danish Girl,» the film opening Friday that chronicles the gender transition of artist Lili Elbe, Redmayne wasn't fully aware of the historical or the present - day struggles of transgender people.

-- Pamela Tanner Boll's documentary focuses on five women artists struggling to balance their creative existence and need for artistic fulfillment with the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood and economic survival.

It's been eight years since Kaufman's last outing — the magisterial Synecdoche, New York — and it really is sad that an artist of his calibre has struggled for funding for various projects since.

These produced stories including wartime black humor in Iraq, musical diplomacy by the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang, North Korea, a kerfuffle over the plumbing in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Pakistani artists» struggle with religious extremism in Lahore, and the Syrian civil war's spillover into neighboring Lebanon.

The film explores the downside of fame, an artist's constant struggle to live up to his own reputation, sacrifices made, and roads not taken.

Centering mostly around a struggling artist (Wes Bentley) and his mysterious new benefactor (Frank Langella), the film touches on themes of loneliness, family and social need, but doesn't sketch out its characters in interesting or dynamic enough fashion to ever blossom into anything more than a meditative curio.

Her realness is deeply nuanced as the struggling artist, feminist and early advocate of punk music in Mike Mills» 2016 sleeper hit 20th Century Women.

As Daniel dreams of becoming a recording artist and Eli struggles to keep the store afloat, racial tensions build to a breaking point in L.A. as the «infamous» L.A. Riots break out.

This documentary plunges the viewer into the chaotic life of a forgotten artist, from early fame as a painter and denizen of the Lower East Side, through his struggles with heroin, to his surprising comeback as street art exploded to become one of the most popular and lucrative art movements in the world.

Focusing on Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys, Love & Mercy paints an unconventional portrait of the artist by interweaving seminal moments in his life, from his artistic genius to his profound struggles, and the love that keeps him alive.

Looking for solitude, he packs up his things and moves there only to find unusual friendships developing with local struggling artist Olivia (Patricia Clarkson)-- trying to overcome a personal tragedy of her own — and Joe (Bobby Cannavale) an overly friendly Cuban hot - dog vendor, desperate for some form of interaction with people.

La La Land tells the story of two struggling artists finding solace and support in each other while pursuing their dreams in modern - day Los Angeles.

The Disaster Artist depicts how writer / director / producer / actor Tommy Wiseau teamed up with struggling actor Greg Sestero to make The Room and while so much of what happens is hilarious, the film still acknowledges Wiseau's pain, passion and triumph of sorts.

Veronica has become the entitled, wine - loving wife of a rich businessman, while Ashley, along with her lover Lisa, struggles to make ends meet as an artist.