The "Art World" has almost completely removed themselves from craft and have chosen to focus on ideas.
The system is now that popular artists are management with a crew of lower tier artists who function as manufacturing.
Artisans, including air brush artists, are now by definition not Artists, because to celebrate your technical skills is to be seen only as a technician by the "Ideas are Art" crowd.
Similar enough to the management/programmer divide.
Comments
The "Art World" has almost completely removed themselves from craft and have chosen to focus on ideas.
The system is now that popular artists are management with a crew of lower tier artists who function as manufacturing.
Artisans, including air brush artists, are now by definition not Artists, because to celebrate your technical skills is to be seen only as a technician by the "Ideas are Art" crowd.
Similar enough to the management/programmer divide.