>Is it the artists responsibility to make art for his audience? Or is it the audience's responsibility to try and understand the artist and his motivations? I

>Is it the artists responsibility to make art for his audience? Or is it the audience's responsibility to try and understand the artist and his motivations? I don't have a better metaphor, but the artist is a sheepdog. The audience are sheep. The artist's ideas are the pen. Even if going to the pen is great, the artist still needs to connect with the audience to get them there. He can't just stand next to the pen and think wow, I'm so clever. Which sheep and how many does the sheepdog want? The art literati? To have prints of their work in every home? Investors who will give them a storied name and convince people that the work has a je ne se quoi?