The whole art world has become a sort of pyramid scheme. We all know that. It’s merely an adjunct of the financial sector, void of content, void of meaning, apolitical, amoral. It’s probably always been a tax shelter for the rich, and conservative and elitist at its core, but like every other hypercapitalist-driven institution of the contemporary era, it’s gotten exponentially worse. Just as being gay is no longer a bellwether of leftist political affiliation, being an artist is no longer an indication that one is unconventional, or Bohemian, or political, or avant-garde, or even vaguely interesting. The quaint notion of The Left is just a bad habit now, like chewing one’s nails, or morality. If Kidrobot were an artist, he’d probably be a Republicunt. This is pure industry. This is décor. This is not art. There needs to be a new word for what art used to be.
