I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd.
In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.
People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical.

