Vispo/Book Art: Synthesis / Artists who can't draw?

Synthesis, R.Tomens, 2018

"He can't even draw!" she said over the phone.

Hold on, this is the 21st century, isn't it?

The way some people talk about art, I wonder sometimes.

Unlike the broken narrative of avant-garde cinema or literature, where the radicalism is obvious, as are the reasons for many people rejecting it, visual artist's need do very little to upset conservatives. Conceptualism will provoke alarm, naturally, but there are so many other ways that I don't have time to list them. That's just a print! (Ed Ruscha). Why has that goat got a tyre around it? (Robert Rauschenberg). Etc. Oh, and as for art made on a computer or even (horror) a smartphone...forget it!

As if the art world (it's out there somewhere, I think) isn't riddled with enough snobbery and elitist gate-keeping, the public are worse. They should be free from prejudice yet remain shackled by both ignorance and conditioning which takes the form of a historical imperative based on the classical status quo. Books must have a recognisable beginning, middle and end, as should films. And art, quite obviously, should be made by people who can draw.