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> What on earth are you talking about? Some of the best artworks - in all categories mentioned, and beyond - come with a flippancy towards marketability, aka th

> What on earth are you talking about? Some of the best artworks - in all categories mentioned, and beyond - come with a flippancy towards marketability, aka the avant-garde. The detachment of capital from expression will only prompt more earnest expression. Is this an “Artists should come from rich families“ or “Be like Picasso and Warhol. Attend the right parties with the right people and you can attract the right patrons too.”? The only people who can be flippant with regards to marketability are those who have family money, an extremely supportive spouse, a patron or are willing to live in poverty.

zozbot234 4y ago
> The only people who can be flippant with regards to marketability are those who have family money, an extremely supportive spouse, a patron or are willing to live in poverty. Art has always been pursued under these exact circumstances, and literature was no exception historically. Mass-marketable art is very much the exception, not the rule. And often it's even the least interesting kind, because it's the most predictable in its features - more of a skilled craft than art in a narrowly creative sense.
z3c0 4y ago
> The only people who can be flippant with regards to marketability are those who have family money, an extremely supportive spouse, a patron or are willing to live in poverty. In this aside, you just described most artists. Picasso and Warhol are the two biggest pop stars in art history, and the worst possible examples of what constitutes the average artist.