Warhol remains controversial but there are far more who disagree than agree with you, as far as whether his efforts constitute art or not.
Monet was derided in his time for rejecting the old masters, Impressionism was once controversial.
Mr. McNaughton belongs in the company of neither of these two and certainly not Michaelangelo.
If he wants to support our President and the movement that propelled him to office he needs to understand that the quality of his work is important as far as persuasion. As it stands, strip away the message that has so many FReepers enthralled and what do you have? A murky, muddy painting with bad proportion and comical perspective of rather childishly rendered human figures. It wouldn’t place at a county fair competition among junior high art students.
My beef is with art in general and what constitutes it.
To me, art is something that not everybody can do. Anybody can do what Warhol, or any of these so called "modern artists can do."
And art isn't defined by how many people agree to call it art. Art is it's own truth and not subject to opinion polls.
There are many people who sing, but they are not do not sing well. Yet many people will buy their records and call them artists. Rappers come to mind. Movies, same.
Many people choose to write yet show no special skill, yet are called writers and artists. Poetry, same.
Art appreciation according to Bagster.