“Historically, visual artists have been vehemently “apolitical”
This is patently absurd. Visual artists have been rabidly anti-conservative in almost unilateral lockstep. And, anti-Catholic. And, anti military.
One could not get a gallery show of Catholic art without have Christ in a toilet bowl or a Nun in drag.
See my post above. It could be that 4Runner is using a very broad definition of what a “visual artist” is, and that could be the source of disagreement. I can see that you had the same visceral reaction I did, anton.