> Whether a specific viewer will receive it as political is a fact about the observer, not the piece of art. That’s your key point. If someone wants to see pol

> Whether a specific viewer will receive it as political is a fact about the observer, not the piece of art. That’s your key point. If someone wants to see politics in a work of art for which the artist imbued no politics of his own, they will find it. If someone wants to take offense to a statement, they will, regardless of speakers intent. And so this really is a pointless discussion when you are saying that an elephant can be interpreted as a mouse, if the observer perceives it as such.