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JakobVirgil  ·  3940 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Art for no one’s sake

My gripe with the art world is political. It seems that the role of an Artist is to give the Affluent symbols for which to express their status. To be an artist is to be a manufacturer of Veblen goods.

The only way I can see to redeem that position is to take the role of the Tailors in the Emperors new Clothes and sell them things that will embarrass them.