Yes, people being able to have a roof over there head, eat, raise children, etc and make art… just bloody awful. Being a starving artist who never makes money is the ONLY pure way to be an artist, after all… /s
I mean, good for you that such things aren’t a concern… That’s just not true for everyone who doesn’t come from wealth.
You know every artist everywhere and what they’d make? Amazing! /s
that part…
And of course, it’s not as black and white as some would have us believe. There isn’t some magical time or place where there aren’t some kinds of pressure on artists to prop up the ruling ideology in some way in order to be able to make a living at being creative. Yes, capitalism puts commercial pressure on artists, but I bet you that many of those people making art for cereal boxes also make art for other things. And how do people think artists prior to the capitalist era made a living - by being paid by the elite to make art! Not much different, even if it’s commercial…
