RUSSIA !Follow the money.
RUSSIA !conservatives generally don’t read fiction, they read non-fiction.
liberals read fiction and apply the rules of PC to all of it.
IMO
Artists tap into their emotions for inspiration. Eventually, their emotion replaces their reason.
There are many highly talented conservative artists but the mainstream art world is a socio-political group with their main criteria for acceptance being social-politics.
If they like an "artists" socio-political views, they declare the person an artist and sell his/her work to people with no sense of taste yet have more money than brains.
This classic explains it:
https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Capitalistic-Mentality-Ludwig-Von-Mises/dp/1467934836
Those who cannot produce anything of real value to the human race hate those who can.
My impression is there are plenty of conservative artists who quietly do their work and sell their work to a discreet set of patrons.
socialist artists tend to be loudmouths and seek to attract attention precisely because no one wants to buy their junk.
dealers love the loudmouths because it’s sooo much easier to make money to new rich with more money than sense
Because we have real jobs.
MSM and the “in group” support radicals, reject conservatives?
Most artists are soyboys/girls.
It’s the side of the brain most dominant.
Stronger right brain?
Stronger left brain?
The choice is seldom yours, though some are able to teach themselves how to reverse the course which has been set for them.
Like minded persons tend to join together to find others most like themselves. Thus a community is formed. You are either a member, or not.
Groucho Marx quote:
I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER”.
Turning the money taps off would be a great good.
Real artist will make their art even if they have to be starving artist to do so. If they have to make choices about what to make they will probably make better choices than if all they have to do is suck up to the self appointed art mavens. Or maybe they’ll make worse choices. So what if it’s either?
But we shouldn’t be subsidizing art.
Cut it all off as far as public monies go.
It’s okay if individuals or private institutions want to be patrons with their own means and at their own initiative.
Along with the accolades of their peers, they’re no very deep thinkers.
Because conservatives don’t make a low-paying career out of their hobbies and insist that the taxpayers make up the difference out of charity.
Relative folks are more self obsessed and conflicted and emotive
Exceptions yes but that’s the general rule
But sadly it has kinda drifted into a theatre major/theatre major wannabees group. The people individually are very nice. But it has a lot of fairy-like guys now. Half of the women are the pissed off feminist types. I tried a production again a couple years ago, and it just didn't work for me.
Previously, I didn't really know the politics of most of my cohorts. We were just there to have a good time, have some laughs, and trying to give the community a different avenue for entertainment, and didn't really take ourselves to seriously.
My last go around was pretty painful personally. I do a pretty good job of connecting with people. But, and I still can't put my finger on it, I had a really hard time connecting with the cast. Just a different outlook on life. There wasn't a lot of "liberal" talk, but it just seemed like many were "fakey". Maybe that is just how theatre people are.
Because if you do not have the correct political views you are not going to break into their little cabal.
You will be blacklisted.
I’m an artist that leans to the right. Can’t wrap my mind around “left think”. Although I do try to make both sides of my brain function.
Never went to school for it, just born to it. And never could stand working in groups. Prefer doing my art with no humans around, just lots of animals.
And I sell on-line via POD, so they deal with all the business end.
I know several “artists” forums, and yes, it does seem the majority of them lean left. Needless to say, I don’t fit in, so I stay away and leave them to their whatevers :)
I bet more than 1/2 the custom auto painters, pin strippers, auto restorers, hot rod builders, homebuilt aircraft guys ( I know for a fact they are ) and aircraft restorers, especially the War-Bird guys are all fellow right wing lunatics pun intended ;-).
That to me is art, not some guy with a jar back in the late 80's and I will not say anymore to give him any credence....
I guess I’m an artist, although I wear many hats when it comes to work. I’ve sold many paintings. But I’m a right winger. It comes from my Western world view. My paintings reflect my world view.
A lot of artists are new agers. They feed off one another. I keep my personal interaction with the local art scene at a minimum.
I think mainly, art classes are taught by radicals and new agers.