[mynameishere]

Frederick Hart, Thomas Kinkade, Norman Rockwell. None too well respected, I suppose.

The problem is that there are thousands (or more) young people with all the technical ability of Michelangelo, and so they absolutely need something else to distinguish them. Thus many artists go through their "Michelangelo phase" to get to their "weird scribbly splotchy phase" which is the real lottery ticket.

Perhaps more importantly, the critics needs something to say about art, or they won't say anything. See "The Painted Word" by Tom Wolfe

[s5300]

Reminds me of a semi-famous artist local to me. Aethelred Eldridge…

He was certainly Michelangelo talented… & eventually ended up… hmm… as schizophrenic robotripping-esque?

Not sure that’s the most respectful way to describe his art, but it’s definition accurate.

[trgn]

It kind of baffles me that the critiques of modernism were already so comprehensive in the 70s, e.g. Wolfe wrt art and architecture, and then,... nothing really materially changed.

[boppo1]

> there are thousands (or more) young people with all the technical ability of Michelangelo

There aren't. There are some out there who are real, real good, but this isn't true.

[tintor]

Jago: https://www.instagram.com/jago.artist/?hl=en